Auction ended but that flute seems very interesting
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7315612965
Who knows what sound it has…
Frank
Course it wasn’t a Lot, Radcliffe !
Wasn’t it a cylindrical Boosey & Son
It certainly looked like it ans seemed to be stamped like it !
careful, careful!
this flute was an Isadore Lot…NOT a Louis Lot flute.
There is quite a large difference between the quality of the two.
Why was the flute stamped B & S , David ?
It looked just likw Boosey work.
Louis made flutes for his nephew, of course.
good question, andrew
I was actually responding to Radcliffe’s post title that it was a L. Lot, not I. Lot.
That’s all.
A B&S stamp might be Boosey&Son, but it’s new to me.
Too…a frenchman supplying flutes to England? Is that likely?
And Langwills says Boosey & Sons came to be used 1857-64
And Isador florished from 1860 onward.
I suppose it’s possible…but why?
Anyway, great points, Andrew.
I was just more concerned that others (not you, of course!) would mistake a mid-level flute for a quality Louis Lot. (although the ebay seller identifies Isador as Louis’ grandson…when Isador was actually son to Thomas Lot, who was Louis’ brother).
I guess there’s no accounting to accurate research. Shrug.
And I believe it was indeed Louis who supplied flute bodies to his nephew (and mr Boehm, too boot!)
Well it did look just like Boosey keywork.
They stuck any old name on to make a few bob !
Booseys could have sold some in France or anywhere.
Didn’t look at all French to me !
Could be Beare & Sons possibly. They were dealers/importers at the time.
true enough, andrew
whatever (whomever?) that stamp is, the flute is surely not a Louis Lot (which was the point anyway).