Ravenclaw Brooms: Was Re: Quidditch Brooms (short)

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No: HPFGUIDX 38765

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Ronald Rae Yu <ickle_ronniekins at y...>
wrote:
> Doesn't anyone here think it's a bit unfair that
> different brooms are used in a Quidditch match, with
> the 'richer' players allowed to have the advantage of
> using faster brooms? IMO I think it would be more fair
> if all players are required to use the same type of
> broom. Cleansweeps they may be, at least the game
> comes down to pure skill.

I wonder how much one may modify one's broom.

Flitwick & Co. seem to know how to strip the things down to
the chassis, as they did with Harry's Firebolt.  They didn't have
to call in a factory rep. So, the principles seem well-known.

Now.

  I get the feeling a flying broom is a sort of big, specialized 
wand. What if you used twigs from a firebush or a rocket?  
What sort of core would a broom have?  Are the Firebolt 
charms patented?  Could you put your own charms on 
your own broom? Would that void the warranty?

What would a Ravenclaw do with a Cleansweep?
What would you find in the Raven's broom clawset? 
Vroom Brooms on the cheap, is my guess.

Tex
House: Ravenclaw 51-58
Wand: Accasia dowsing fork(8 inches) with eagle wishbone core