One is faced with many choices when looking for an Irish flute. By "Irish flute" we mean a flute, most commonly in the key of D, that is well-suited to playing traditional Irish music, with all of its nuance and subtlety. While some people play Irish music extremely well on modern, metal Boehm-system flutes, the vast majority of Irish flute players (Grey included) prefer the 19th-century wooden, simple-system flutes, or modern instruments based upon these 19th-century models. These are the kinds of flutes we sell. We do not sell modern, metal flutes.
Please select one of the Flute categories listed below to learn more about it.
Casey Burns' Flutes. Casey Burns' Folk Flute fills the need that many players have for an excellent economy-priced flute in the key of D. Click here to read about it, hear Grey play it and see photos. At $375.00, it is truly a great value. It is a very fine instrument, not only for the beginner, but for the experienced player on a budget.
In addition to the Folk Flute, we can sell you any of the Casey Burns flute models, all of which Grey recommends highly. Please contact Grey to make arrangments. Buying your Burns flute through us helps to support the work Grey is doing in creating Irish flute and tin whistle instructional materials, and we are very grateful for your help in this regard.
Terry McGee's Grey Larsen Preferred Flute. Grey's favorite choice of all flutes is Terry McGee's Grey Larsen Preferred model. Click here to read about it, hear Grey play it and see photos of it. A limited supply is available here with no waiting period.
Original 19th-Century Flutes. At times, Grey has some original 19th-century flutes available for sale. Almost all of these are keyed flutes (8-key is the most common configuration), and sometimes they are quite inexpensive compared to comparable keyed flutes from today's makers. Of course these are available without any waiting period. (Modern makers usually require a waiting period of 18 months to five or six years for a new keyed flute.) Grey feels that the very best Irish flutes are the ones being made by today's finest makers. But if you want a good-playing keyed flute right now, at a price often below the fine modern models, these flutes will serve you very well. Please contact Grey if you are interested in this kind of flute