Bleazey six-key flute in D, African blackwood

he secret of good tone and volume in flutes is the reduction of acoustic impedence which is increased whenever the vibrating air has to pass a sharp corner or if it has to bounce off a baffle type surface such as the pad on a key. The tone holes under the keys on my flutes are lined with a machined brass seat which flares out like a tiny bell under the pad. The pads are as small as practical in cups which curve on the underside like the pads on your fingers. This combination gives low impedance at the tone hole exit promoting good tone and volume, proof of this is in the fact that if you remove a key from the instrument the pitch and volume produced from the open hole remain unchanged. On some older flutes I have worked on the change can be as much as a quarter tone- a nightmare to the tuner who must replace the key to check the result after each adjustment, I have much less trouble in this regard. In all cases the volume produced by the keyed holes equals that of the adjacent holes.
ONE KEY:- £1090.00
TWO KEYS:- £1265.00
THREE KEYS:- £1,430.00
FOUR KEYS:- £1,600.00
FIVE KEYS:- £1,700.00
SIX KEYS:- £1,960.00