Very nice Rudall & Rose at Sotheby's next week

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Very nice Rudall & Rose at Sotheby's next week

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http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/18948/lot/4/#

#2464

Darn nice flute. Can't tell where the restorations were, but guess in the head/barrel.

Appears to include the case.
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Looks real nice! :party:
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Yup real sweet picture. Wish there was one of the Potter flute also offered in this auction.

Always amazes me that even a premium antique flute, like the R&R noted, is estimated at only a fraction of the cost of a violin bow :o

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The description lists eight padded keys. The picture shows pewter plugs on the articulated foot keys. Oversight?

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descriptions are usually poor...
starting price could be much higer than the estimated one, and sometimes much lower too (don't know why)!

nice nice, nice flute, again, wish to have more money.
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I seem to like the ones made around that time 30's early 40's.

Not sure why. David anything important about the flutes made then?
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off-hand, probably because there seem to be more of the medium holes than larger ones, but that's just going on memory of the serial number.

tuning's not that bad, either.

There are pockets of serial numbers with very nice tuning, indeed.
And I'm not at all clear yet why that is since it's not following any logical pattern. I'm sure McGee has an opinion on the matter since he's tracked the measurement issue more than most.

anyways.....i dont' doubt this is a nice rudall. I'm not buying....for reasons i will explain at a later moment.
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Is Sotheby's the same auction house as Bonham's?
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David Migoya wrote:Darn nice flute. Can't tell where the restorations were, but guess in the head/barrel.
Yep, full length in both.
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kkrell wrote:Is Sotheby's the same auction house as Bonham's?
they are distinctively different houses
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Any idea what it sounds like?

Clips anywhere?
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James_Alto wrote:Any idea what it sounds like?

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hence the nature of auctions. :)
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nice...

link to the full sized image:

http://images1.bonhams.com/erez4/erez?s ... 55-1-1.jpg
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David Migoya wrote:
kkrell wrote:Is Sotheby's the same auction house as Bonham's?
they are distinctively different houses
Ah, well this one's at Bonham's then.

Besides the repaired cracks in the head and barrel, the foot joint blocks look funny, like they've been re-worked, too. Also, the wood looks kind of cruddy around both sides of the Eb block.

Note that the low C & C# keys are stuck in the closed position, when they should be open.
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