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Frank
This is the flute auctioned in Corsham, Wiltshire on 1st April.
I has been hawked about a lot.
Mr Migoya will no doubt let us know what it was knocked down for.
More than it was knocked up for, I expect.
not I
Wasnât there for itâs sale; wasnât interested in it (although I like how itâs been cleaned up!)
Havenât seen the final bids on it.
Besides, I keep to myself now on such matters.
Safer that way!
That a flute even a clarinet player would love⌠Is there a record for how many keys have been stacked on a foot joint?
longest Iâve seen on a Rudall is to Bb, like this one on eBay (which has very nice ringsâŚI like them). I donât know of other makers.
But this flute has a patent head, too! My goodness the heft!
Then again, would probably need it to keep balance!
Th auctioneers say it was ÂŁ1800 + 15.5% buyers premium.
Quite a lot for a lump with a long open crack in the head and repaired cracks too.
It could be that a similarly decorated flute with dozens of foot keys has come out of the woodwork, but I doubt it.
I can imagine it is tricky repairing cracks on patent heads.
It could be that a similarly decorated flute with dozens of foot keys has come out of the woodwork, but I doubt it.
You might be right, Andrew. I know one of similar serial number (# 419x) where the last digit was unclear, failed to sell at Sothebyâs a year or two ago. Same design and all, but with plainer/wider rings. Same foot configuration; patent head, too. Must have been a run at the time of production!
The seller of this eBay flute tells me in email that the serial number is âtoo faintâ to read, but believes the last two digits to be â06â
I suppose that could be confounded for â98â as the one that sold on Friday past was marked.
And the address on the flute was given as 11 Tavistock Street by the Auctioneer as opposed to 1 on eBay !
I donât think we can take the auctioneer too seriously.
I quite agree. Seems to me a Prowse flute, marked in that beautiful script, was listed not long ago by auctioneer as âPronselââŚAmazing. They donât look, do they?
Still, the auctioneer of last weekâs Rudall sent me a photo of the stamp and it did, indeed, appear as 4198.
I should hope weâll have it figured out soon!
Heh heh, Bb, chickenfeed! Check out this Viennese beauty from Rick Wilsonâs collection. Goes down to violin G! If only it could be heard!
But this flute has a patent head, too! My goodness the heft!
Then again, would probably need it to keep balance!
Weâve just had Newfoundland player Gerry Strong here for the National Folk Festival with his band âA Crowd of Bold Sharemenâ. Gerry plays a Rudall same as Dave mentioned. Itâs a mighty flute and balances perfectly. Suprisingly, you donât really notice the weight, confirming my view that we are much more sensitive to imbalance than weight. The worst I can remember is a Rudall in the Bate collection - boxwood with a Patent Head. It also has a standard head, and thatâs the one with wear marks! Obviously the original owner got sick of the imbalance too.
Terry
Has he worked out the scrap value ?
( of the reamer )
That is one silly-looking contraption!
It must have played otherwise why make it?
I didnât mean to imply balance and heft interchangeably!
It would make sense to have a patent head on the other end of a Bb-foot Rudall. Especially with all that pewter and plating!
I wonder whether they tempered the amount of silver on the Patent Head to balance the weight of the foot, depending on the number of plugs the foot was to accommodate? Now that would be interesting! Different weights for the PH.
About low G flutes (âpanaulonsâ) I found this Czerny flute partition on www.oldflutes.com:
The low G was supposed to be played⌠Or at least tried: the flutist is authorized to play the âregularâ G.
I saw one day one of those monsters in Paris. Made of ebonite, cracked, and very very expensive.
Ardal Powell tells us of Sedlatzek ( German for anagram ? ) premiering Beethovenâs 9th symphony on a flute with a range down to low G, as in the last movement there is an unusually low passage for double flutes.
I suppose Beethovenâs last movement is preserved in Vienna.
Weber also comes in for some stick for encouraging these continentals to produce silly flutes.
Mr Powll also mentions some character who plyed on s flute which played down to G on the violin.He didnât say which G !
I suppose Beethovenâs last movement is preserved in Vienna.
so David, Andrew
How much is a right quotation for this 10k R&R?
of course 2.259 GBPare more than enough 
what you think?
Frank
Well,if it sold for that the vendor made a quick 10 %, but why not ?
The flute still needs the headjoint replacing. Not easy, I imagine, with a patent head.
I didnât like the look of it from the auctioneersâ photos.
Anyway, who is to say what is the ârightâ price ?
There is no such thing.
it says reserve not metâŚ