Very nice! I love the Monzani style case. Pristine condiition, even with all the playing that it has seen, you can see that in the keys, that have been played.
Does the Patent head still work?
The foot is not long, as a lot of flutes form this time, so my guess is that it doesn’t have “the flat foot syndrome”. So my guess, the flute plays well in 440?
I would have to say, the perfect dream Rudall & Rose!
Thanks for posting the photos!
Jon
Very nice looking flute. At Willie Week a couple of years ago I met a lady who was playing a twin to this flute. She was using the patent head and was a fine musician. Her flute was in pristine condition and sounded lovely. She then blew my mind when she said she had another boxwood R&R at home. I went into shock and had to lie down for a while
You know, Lords and Ladies, amid the drool-fest I feel compelled to point out that, relative to other musicians, we flutistes pay relatively little for our axes. Check out what a violin-player pays for a top-drawer, professional box, or sum up the cost of a lead guitarist’s rig if you want some real sticker-shock. Concertina players are another crowd that has to reach way deep for a first-rate music maker.
The point is, with these flutes available for under $10,000, why aren’t we all playing them? After all, that’s chump change compared to what some have to shell out to get a decent machine. Aren’t we serious about our music?
I know of a very similar flute, in cocus, but which has the second head with no tuning slide, case exactly the same.
Interestingly, the pitch with the untunable head is well above modern pitch…
All the Best
Hammy
Hi
Jim, bout the 2 head joints. it was probably a choice when ordering a flute from the company as to whether you wanted the regular or the patent head, and of course there was also the choice of getting both, and Richard Woodward decided he wanted both in the fitted case which is original, both, the patent head works perfect also. Jem the serial # is 3508.
I never use a humidifier in the case with this flute, just leave it in its lined case as always,
I just oiled it tuesday night, and it plays and sounds better than it looks. Although I mostly play a Grinter flute, this Rudall is crying out to be played and I think from now on I will use it as my primary flute. The flute measures exactly the same with either head joint, and plays perfectly in tune at A440. I have had many Rudall & Rose flutes over the years, some were very good playing flutes, and more were not too good and out of tune, usually with a very flat sounding bottom D, like any other company their flutes varied from time to time.
I was back in Ireland in Tullamore at the Fleadh, and a few days after the Fleadh Patsy Moloney and his brother Conor dropped in to my house in Kerry for a few tunes, both playing Rudall & Rose flutes, Patsy’s flute which is Cocus and a lovely in tune Rudall matches the measurements, tone holes, lenght etc of my Boxwood, We played some lovely tunes, nice to hear three Rudall flutes together.
