My First Post- C. Peloubet Flute

[Greg_The_Pianotuner]

Hello, everyone.

I was recently given a 4-key, rosewood flute. A friend paid $10 for it at a yard sale and was about to make a lamp out of it. (!)

It is marked C. Peloubet, New York, factory in Bloomfield, NJ. Ivory rings divide the tenons. There are two big cracks; one in the headjoint and one in the barrel. The cork is broken in half, and the end cap is missing. A quick google search dates it to the 1830s.

Is this thing worth fixing?

If it is worth a lot, I’d love to swap it straight-up for a keyless M&E polymer.

I’m grateful for any information. Thanks!

Greg The Pianotuner
Wellesley, MASS. (USA)

[Jon_C]

@Greg The Pianotuner

Hello, everyone.

I was recently given a 4-key, rosewood flute. A friend paid $10 for it at a yard sale and was about to make a lamp out of it. (!)

It is marked C. Peloubet, New York, factory in Bloomfield, NJ. Ivory rings divide the tenons. There are two big cracks; one in the headjoint and one in the barrel. The cork is broken in half, and the end cap is missing. A quick google search dates it to the 1830s.

Is this thing worth fixing?

If it is worth a lot, I’d love to swap it straight-up for a keyless M&E polymer.

I’m grateful for any information. Thanks!

Greg The Pianotuner
Wellesley, MASS. (USA)

Hi Greg,
They are lovely flutes, I have one just as you describe. Here is a picture of it restored.
Email if you want to trade it in on a delrin flute.

[meemtp]

Sounds like a good deal to me! You should take Jon up on that.

[Jack_Bradshaw]

Yup…unrestored, the polymer swap is a great deal !..And Jon will do right by the old thing and restore it proper.

[Congratulations]

I wish I could find instruments at yard sales…

[Unseen122]

Hey Greg, welcome to the C&F fourms. I would take Jon up on that deal also.