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Greetings all,
I'm selling off a few flutes from my collection to fund a solar powered electricity system for the workshop...
Here's the first one...
https://www.ebay.ie/itm/325755167336

Happy Bidding

Hammy Hamilton

Orange pads?

Those are what are known to the trade as "brown leather clarinet pads" which work really well when re-padding flutes of this era.
It is an orangey brown, I'll grant you...

We call them "tan leather pads". Used a lot for clarinet and sax, and stand up well to the sharp edges that pad seats on the old flutes often presented.

Great to hear from you, Hammy. So the workshop still gets a bit of use from time to time, eh?

Hammy, just FYI, I have an ebony Metzler flute that seems to be identical to the one you are selling here. I'm still in the process of restoring it, and have been for a while. Just a few weeks ago I exchanged some pictures of it with Simon Waters who said he too had one, but his is in boxwood. I've been curious about the origins of this flute. When I bought it (kind of a blind sale on eBay) I expected it to be something else (probably early Clementi) and was surprised to find it labeled as a Metzler. It seems to be a very nicely made instrument, but I haven't actually played mine much yet.

Hi Paddler,
Yes, Simon shared some photos of an identical flute which I presume must be yours. Really incredibly alike in every detail.
I did mange finally to have a look at a Milhouse which I thought might have been similar, but I'll need to look more closely at it.
Best
Hammy

Hi Terry,
Let me assure you that retirement is not all it's cracked up to be....
Best
Hammy

Heh heh, at least you've tried giving it a go. I've been too chicken....

And now I find myself again getting perilously low on supplies of certain popular keys, tuning slides, cork sheet, delrin rod, cases. Now at age 75, how many more should I order? Woah.....

depends how many orders you have I suppose...

Hammy,
That is a lovely flute. I hope the bidding goes way up, and soon ... enough to quell my acquisition syndrome.
I find that retirement is everything it's cracked up to be. My favorite career so far.
Best wishes,
David

Question: This is bone/horn, not ivory? Whatever it is, what will American customs do? Can they tell the difference and in a short time? Perhaps people with experience can say something.

It's eBay bone...

I have a model just like this but with a B foot, used to have one of these in boxwood I bought from Olwell. This is from the elder Metzler shop, or we suspect was rebranded, they all have the unusual arrow shaped touch on the Cnat key.