RR 1565 on Ebay

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RR 1565 on Ebay

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I suspect everyone's seen this one already, on with no reserve, 15 bids and counting, with 'ox bone' ferrules/end cap it says :wink:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-RUDALL-R ... _500wt_922
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on the 2nd page of the 3315 thread viewtopic.php?f=2&t=88057&start=15
Othannen wrote:Oh, there's also n. 1565:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-RUDALL-R ... 4603cbb4b8
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This is a very beautiful flute, I've been following it. I would love to own it, and I'm sure I'm not alone.
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MarkP wrote:I suspect everyone's seen this one already, on with no reserve, 15 bids and counting, with 'ox bone' ferrules/end cap it says :wink:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-RUDALL-R ... _500wt_922
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Lmao, yeah "Ox bone", nice try by the seller. At least we can be pretty certain it's pre-ban Ivory :lol:
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Erm, ox-bone doesn't flouresce. . .which is one of the first of several CITES tests. Caveat emptor! :D

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I own the twin brother to this one, though mine is in better shape.
Mine is #1539 and all the rings (ivory) are intact.
A crack in the barrel and head....but it's playing lovely. Nice flute.
I dont' have the ivory crown, though....shame.
But they were absolutely made by the same hands. Very very rich/red cocus, lovely key work.
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#3632 looks very similar as well....
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I am the owner of #3632. Stylistically it is not that similar to #1565 other than that it has ivory ( "Ox Bone" ) ferrules and cap and even then the profile and sizes are quite different. In #1565 the tuning slide has quite a bulge around the tenon not dissimilar to many Potter flutes of the time.
I would also beg to suggest that the quality of the key work on #3632 is of a much finer with crow foot C and C# and heavy guage brass springs which are stepped away from the key body.
In the 1851 Rudall & Rose catalogue flutes which were ivory mounted instead of silver received a reduction in price of 10s 6d (55pence in new money !!!!)
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Flutesoftheforest wrote:In the 1851 Rudall & Rose catalogue flutes which were ivory mounted instead of silver received a reduction in price of 10s 6d (55pence in new money !!!!)
<<nerd mode>>I think you'll find that that's 52 1/2 pence, not 55 pence.<</nerd mode>>
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OK, I'm wrong. :tomato:

So if Birds Eye Maple was "three ha'pence a foot" I would have paid for 20 inches too much!

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I am the owner of #3632.
And so you're a lucky man! :thumbsup:
Still it is much similar than RR "standard" modell, but you're right as yours looks even finer.
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We didn't play "guess the price" on this one.... too late now! £1,617.00.
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