not mine…no connection and no intent on bidding…
a nice Wylde from Rudall & Rose flute on eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190241128927
The short-F seems to have had crappy work done on it…
but the remainder appears decent.
Hmmm… Looks like mine.
The head looks like it had a real nasty crack and was pinned sometime ago.
Looks like a metal cork screw.
No shot of the Emb. Would need to see that I would think.
German silver.
german silver?
i think not
look at the close up photos
the main has the patina of it…but the others are clearly sterling.
never seen a wylde in german silver.
and the patch job to the short F couldn’t be done like that with German silver, i don’t believe
I was looking at the green patina.
I thought that might be an indicator of cupro-nickel.
Yes, German silver through and through…
It does look just like Kevin Krell’s, but his keys were mangled more… 
I like the A. Liddle keywork, he made nice sealing pewter plugs. I wonder if there is a AL under the C# key touch? To bad there is the ugly pinned crack on the head joint.
You can’t even tell they worked on the short F… 
“Nicely restored by Mavry Oldham, Musicians repair Service”
Fine endorsement.
Kevin Krell
I have a $100 bill right here betting the keys are not German Silver.
Interesting game dynamics. Who’s going to buy the flute to win $100 (and prove a point)?
I’ve got a lottery ticket for tonight…but…
Didn’t we go through the “photos can have a misleading green tinge” bit once before… 
once?
no, I ain’t gonna go find 'em
I also vote on the keys being nickel-silver. Sterling tarnishes differently and ns turns more of a flat gray from what I’ve seen. The short F “repair” looks a little off-center and slightly horrendous lol!
the short F is butt ugly
the off center could have been intentional, it makes it easier to slide off the key to the E hole
I think Dave is betting against himself.
Like this photo?
Sorry David, but I have had two Wylde flutes in my shop that were German silver. I don’t think there is any other explanation for GREEN SLIME…
As a consolation, Andrew once bought a flute thinking it had silver keys, only to find that they were polished, but German silver.
And doesn’t the Long F strike you as perhaps a little truncated? Or perhaps it’s just an unfortunate angle, and we can’t see the touch.
Bit like those ghastly electric guitars with no tuning head. Always reminded me of decapitated chickens, running around the backyard of the people next door when I was young.
I hated Sundays. So, I imagine, did the chickens.
Terry
the C nat touch as well.
Don’t all of the pads USUALLY get replaced on a “restoration” job? The D# pad looks ancient to me!
you know what? clearly you’re the experts and I’m wasting my time.
thought i was flagging a nice instrument for someone to buy at a reasonable price. (*and, no, i’m not betting against myself. Read my original post. I’m not a buyer or seller on it)
Andrew’s gone…but clearly not forgotten…
btw…I always chuckled at how he said he’d die before I’d ever get one of his flutes.
…
I sold his boxwood Rudall not long ago.
David Migoya said
btw…I always chuckled at how [Andrew] said he’d die before I’d ever get one of his flutes. …
I sold his boxwood Rudall not long ago.
This is unkind.
Its was a joke David.
Jeezuz… lighten up.
No one is discounting your expertise.
Especially not me.
We can have a differing of opinion can’t we?
Where is this past thread on German silver vs. Sterling?
oh…
If I we’re a betting man I’d take your 100 bucks.