A Rudall & Rose & two Olwell flutes on E-bay

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A Rudall & Rose & two Olwell flutes on E-bay

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There's a keyless Blackwood Olwell Pratten model flute on E-bay - Buy it now price: EUR 1,820 (approx. £1,565.30) -
location: Saint-Etienne, France: - eBay item number: 284863577138
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284863577138 ... SwkIpisESc

Also, Rudall & Rose nr 2952, an eight-keyed cocuswood flute -
location: Castleton, Vermont, USA - eBay item number: 234591387040
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234591387040 ... Swtp5iq1se

A new eight-key Olwell Pratten model cocuswood flute (Birthday flute 2022)
Location: Nellysford, Virginia, USA - eBay item number:115436367045
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from ... e&_sacat=0
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Re: A Rudall & Rose & two Olwell flutes on E-bay

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Rudall & Rose nr 2952, an eight-keyed cocuswood flute - location: Castleton, Vermont, USA - eBay item number: 234591387040
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234591387040 ... Swtp5iq1se

Sold for £4,312.45 ($5,300) (€5,019). Only half the current bid on the Birthday Olwell eight key, and the pewter keys, key touches, and strike plates on the Rudall foot joint look better than the salt spoons keys on the Olwell foot joint, in my opinion. A head joint crack, easily fixed.
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