Check out my new Rudall & Rose #3036

Irish Flute
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Well I finely broke down and bought a Rudall & Rose for my very own! :party: After restoring one recently that is just a tad older, I fell in love with this model.


I picked it up yesterday, restored it, to it’s original beauty. Save two cracks, it was virtually in new condition. The original pads all seal well, I just threaded the tenons and it played all the way down to low C right off the bat!
The Patent Head was a lot of fun, had to completely disassemble it, repair the cracks and reassemble… The Patent head mechanism had the original leather bushings, that I have not seen in other Patent heads.
The tuning is pretty good with the flute, also. The tuning slide only needs to be pulled out 14 mm.
I think it is a keeper! :party:

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:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

There’s just something about them…

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Congrats Jon that is a beauty

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Very nice flute - nice original box too. May I ask where you found it/purchased it?

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You posted it here yourself Steam: 3036 thread

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as it is almost identical to my #3830… well… CONGRATS!
those flute are not just beautiful wooden pieces, but they are the good reason
why all the other ones are named after them!
You can now let your soul speak properly :- DDD

(btw I love some of the #5000 range as well)

2 advices:

add oil to the Eb plug will boost all your bottom notes,

my original pads felt great and I kept them for a while,
than I tried to change all of them and the flute is now wonderful!

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well! Congrats Jon!!

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:thumbsup:

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nice !

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Well done!

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“You posted it here yourself Steam: 3036 thread” Mr. Gumby.

So I did :laughing: - So many Rudalls to keep track of, I’ll have to put a catalogue together :party:

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Gorgeous, Jon! Happy tooting.

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Also discussed on the Patent Head Repair thread
http://forums.chiffandfipple.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=84621&start=0

and the link to the original listing with text & photos
http://www.antiqueflutes.com/cgi-bin/catalog.cgi?snum=932

Kevin Krell

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“Nice cocus R&R (RUDALL ROSE / No. 15 PIAZZA / COVENT GARDEN / LONDON / 3036) with patent head here. Crack through embouchure but fixable surely, cracked on barrel too, high pitched - priced accordingly at 2.330 sterling = 2.669 euros = 3800 downgraded US dollars. lots of pics:”
Original post here - shades of “Groundhog day” :slight_smile: Nice price too all the best

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Can I come borrow it and break it in? I’m all done with my yearly illnesses and am quite ready to do some hard playing! :smiley:

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I have a 31xx here, not far from this one in serial number, that is PH and plays terrific.

Chris Wilkes said he believes the 3xxx series to be the height of the firm’s workmanship.
I’d agree.

And Radcliffe is right, the 5xxx series are “best” too, but for a differing reason than the why the 3xxx are so good.

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I am building a Magnehelic flute leak tester, I have a roughed out version, the old pads failed dismally! the good news, once I get sealing pads, the flute will honk even better! It is amazing it plays so well with leaking pads…

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That’s a great idea! (not) :smiling_imp:

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I agree, especially the deluxe models, double springs, interlocking foot keys (though the pinning of the blocks proved to be detrimental on some of the flutes.) These were the “golden years” before they started farming them out. Not that Wylde did a bad job…

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nice jon, you deserve a rudall of your own, finally. congrats.