The flutes just got home -- and wow! What a difference! Ferd (a 1957 Haynes sterling silver, plateau keyed C foot flute) played A440 cold -- for the first time in his 51 years (and without my having do do jaw gymnastics, either!)
Not only that: he's never before been so willing to sound low C# and C, not even after the late, great Mr. Kilpatrick overhauled him 25+ years ago! (Nor after his many subsequent readjustments by very competent repair persons since.) I wouldn't hesitate to recommend your flute-doctoring ability to any flutist, at any level, no Texas exaggeration!
And Quantz's (a 1982 Balin, Baroque, single key, Boxwood flute) new spring is just elegant -- how else can I put it? It's better than the maker's original, and it wasn't junk! When I first got him, his key was a sort of pewter-gray, and gradually turned yellow. Never knew it was silver!
Thanks for the swab; took me awhile to figure out that its weight must be the sliver of silver (say that 3 times fast!) from Ferd's headjoint. Fanciest swab-bob in Texas!
Take care,
Chris (Christopher O'Dania)
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