32YO but feeling old, I need a rudallish help...

Irish Flute
1

Felling a bit old those days, I was following this strange walking cane
on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120758012706

A part from the Big Nose… I like the silver piece that is in the middle..
which reads:
rudall rose and co.
patentees
38 southampton street
strand london
cartes patent

So IMO:
1’ option, someone really don’t like that parabola old silver R&R and turn it into a cane.
2’ option, the company experimented new wired products, same components but no holes.
or 3’ Mr Carte do loved walking canes…
:slight_smile:

2

I’m going to go with '1.

The workmanship, IMHO, doesn’t match the silver work.

3

Lol
I’ll go with n.1 too, the cane is not straight enough…

4

quite interesting to read R&R&Co.
and then Carte’s Patent …

those canes must be produced in a very short period of time LOL :smiley:

5

Do I see a hole bored into the tip of the nose? Is that supposed to be the embouchure? I realise that the physics are probably all wrong for a working flute, but the phrase “blowing its nose” keeps coming to mind.

6

Somebody’s clever recycling idea for an old RR-C barrel?

7

but the phrase “blowing its nose” keeps coming to mind.

Man, thanks for the laugh :laughing: