This is a Large-holed 8-key flute from about 1838 that was renovated and tuned by Patrick Olwell. By "large-holed", I mean hole #4 is 9.10mm, and hole #5 is 10.5mm. In other words, it is Rudall large, not Nicholson or Pratten-large.
- The ferrules are wide with some beading inscribed on each.
This flute has a pewter Eb key which is lightly sprung with very fast action.
The tone quality is strong, warm and lush, in comparison to my medium-holed Rudall which has a sharper attack, and bright, piercing tone. Intonation is better on this, the larger-holed flute. My embouchure is not "reedy", so I can't comment on that quality. I assume you can push the flute much more than I usually do.
Repairs have been done to this flute, including a repaired crack through the embouchure which has recently been examined and re-stabilized by Jon Cornia.
See photos at my SmugMug site where I compare four flutes with different hole sizes. #3527 is the reddish-brown one with large holes. (The black one with large holes is a "large-holed" Gallagher Rudall flute which has hole #4 at 8.9mm, and hole #5 at 11.0mm. Sometimes they make hole #5 rather larger to improve intonation on F#, but there is no F# weakness on this flute.)
The repaired head crack is readily visible, but that is NOT the dark, brown streak.
https://www.photokinesis.info/Rudall-Rose-3527/