Very nice Rudall & Rose at Sotheby's next week
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Very nice Rudall & Rose at Sotheby's next week
http://www.bonhams.com/eur/auction/18948/lot/4/#
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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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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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Re: Very nice Rudall & Rose at Sotheby's next week
Looks real nice!
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Re: Very nice Rudall & Rose at Sotheby's next week
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
So I guess we should be thankful, right?
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So I guess we should be thankful, right?
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Re: Very nice Rudall & Rose at Sotheby's next week
The description lists eight padded keys. The picture shows pewter plugs on the articulated foot keys. Oversight?
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Re: Very nice Rudall & Rose at Sotheby's next week
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.
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.
Re: Very nice Rudall & Rose at Sotheby's next week
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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Re: Very nice Rudall & Rose at Sotheby's next week
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.
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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Re: Very nice Rudall & Rose at Sotheby's next week
Is Sotheby's the same auction house as Bonham's?
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Re: Very nice Rudall & Rose at Sotheby's next week
Yep, full length in both.David Migoya wrote:Darn nice flute. Can't tell where the restorations were, but guess in the head/barrel.
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Re: Very nice Rudall & Rose at Sotheby's next week
they are distinctively different houseskkrell wrote:Is Sotheby's the same auction house as Bonham's?
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Re: Very nice Rudall & Rose at Sotheby's next week
Any idea what it sounds like?
Clips anywhere?
Clips anywhere?
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Re: Very nice Rudall & Rose at Sotheby's next week
From an auction house? Not a chance!James_Alto wrote:Any idea what it sounds like?
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Re: Very nice Rudall & Rose at Sotheby's next week
hence the nature of auctions.
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Re: Very nice Rudall & Rose at Sotheby's next week
Ah, well this one's at Bonham's then.David Migoya wrote:they are distinctively different houseskkrell wrote:Is Sotheby's the same auction house as Bonham's?
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.