5 William Henry Potter Boxwood with 7 pewter plug keys
#6 Metzler & Co, London Rosewood with fancy silver bands, #7 Showing keys of a Clair Godfroy Aine flute
Showing more keys,
Clair Godfroy flute.
John Pfaff flute Philladelphia.
Clementi with foot register.
Henry Wrede London.
Monzani 7 keyed flute, serial # 3
Flute unmarked, owned and played in the early part of this century by John Mc Kenna from Co Leitrim, who lived in New York City.
Some nice looking flutes there! I like the Ivory Gerock, I have a Gerock and Wolf. I also have a John Pfaff, with the elegant keys and beautiful ivory head and barrel. His key work is very unusual, but functional. Interesting Wylde with the B foot, I have had the R&R B foot in my shop, the Patent head helps to balance it!
Thanks for posting, long time no see…
I bet they would make a great bonfire…
Hi Jon, I always keep a bit of firewood on hand, and coming up towards the winter I may need it. I think the Boxwood Rudall would burn too fast and give off no great heat.
Yes John Pfaff flutes have lovely key work, and also great tone even with the small tone-holes
All the best.
John.
Ya, I think the cocuswood would burn hotter…
It would be nice to see some close ups of the R&R Boxwood flute, it looks lovely. What serial number is it?
Jon the serial # on that RR is 3508, the interesting aspect about that flute is that there are no
repairs whatsoever on it, its just like when it left the RR shop in 1835–37. A great playing flute
with lovely tone, can play with as much power as you want it to, I have been playing it quite a lot this past year. I play a Mike Grinter 8 keyed flute when i do session playing.
Just keep it in the humid UK! So that would make it’s age about 1837-38. But it does say something about the manufacturer, to make a Boxwood flute that has stayed together for so long!
A very rare flute to have, unless you are Michael Flatley…
Jon this Rudall stayed in the UK for many years, until I became the owner about eight years ago, so its new home is here in Putnam county, NY. The flute was specially made for Richard Woodward, who was a Scientist and Engineer, On checking this flute a couple of years ago with a magnifying glass for any tiny hairlines, I noticed on the barrel-joint between the metal liner and the wood was a very thin black colored membrane of what looks like some sort of rubberized sheet material, now whether this has anything to do with why there is no damage, no cracks or repairs to the barrel I don’t know, but I certainly believe that it does allow the barrel to expand and contract without putting extra stress on the wood.
You mentioned Michael Flatley, by what i have been told, he has quite a collection of flutes,and of course a number of Rudall’s, and like other collections, all have a bit of repair here and there. This flute is one of a very few boxwood Rudall’s in pristine condition.
I will get some better close-up pictures on here next week.
That is interesting! Maybe the scientist came up with the idea? How is it around the embouchure hole? Can you see the membrane, or did they hold it off at that point? I only saw one attempt at this with a thick ivory ring on a Goulding D’Almaine, where they had mounted the ivory on the boxwood flute with cork under it, the ivory was still un-cracked. Well we can only hope that it stays un-cracked! (I hope I didn’t jinx it!) close up photos would be great.
I mentioned Flately as i was just seeing a Youtube interview and the room was filled with flutes. I heard that David Shorey, searched the country side for R&R flutes. No doubt they were not in the best of repair.
I’ve just recived a new lovely piece of wood a couple of hours ago!
serial no. is 3830 so just near to the 3508 owns by ‘super’ Glinjack
just cleaned a bit some keys and check some dectails…
( Eb’s pewter plug [that has been covered with something many years ago]
and a small crack near the cap)
General conditions are very good, and it’s a terrific player…
so, while waiting for the photos of that beauty boxwood,
here is a pic from mine before any restorations!
Nice looking Rudall! That is some pretty Cocuswood on the head joint! I guess the Eb pewter was giving them trouble… the flute looks pretty new condition also. It is amazing that these beauties keep popping up, from time to time. Thanks for posting, it is anice hold over, until we see the close ups of the Boxwood Rudall…
the Eb pewter was just dirty! it was inveloped into a piece of buff (deer skin)…
now it works perfectly.
so the flute still needs new pads, but plays better than many other pro-flutes I’ve seen…
while I cannot belive that the long F guide Bloks have been removed! probably by a (mad!)
rookie pipergrip player… ( )
Paul, your 2340 looks sooo nice, and it has the Eb pewter plug too!
I want a boxwood Rudall!
that the long F guide Bloks have been removed! probably by a (mad!)