I’m looking for a website for information on Antique flutes - Rudalls and other good makes, ideally showing makers stamps for identification etc. and also advice on which are the better makes.
Thanks
Have a look here :- http://www.music-treasures.com/index.html under “FLUTES AND PICCOLOS”
http://www.oldflutes.com/ try this one
Check out the Historical Flute Studies section of Terry McGee’s site:
Kevin Krell
Great - thanks very much.
Don’t forget Tony Bingham’s site:
http://www.oldmusicalinstruments.co.uk/instruments/instrument_list.php?cat=TF
and Hammy Hamilton’s blog has a lot of information both old and new posts
http://hammy-flutemaker.blogspot.se/search?updated-max=2012-04-09T15:25:00-07:00&max-results=7&start=35&by-date=false
I have some information and pictures on my website. I hope to add a lot more.
Michael Lynn’s website and Youtube channel are goldmines of information:
This a perilous journey on which you are about to embark. Your best bet is to join the Flute History Channel and The 19th-Century Flute (Historical Focus) Facebook groups. The members are extremely knowledgeable and helpful. You will find the ideal number of antique flutes to be n+1.
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Perilous to the wallet? 
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For Francophones, Vichy auction house has auctions that turn up some really excellent flutes from time to time: https://vichy-encheres.com/ Old catalogues from the past few years can be downloaded. Good pictures, not an awful lot of extra information though.
Also http://www.williampetit.com/ which has some very good photos of baroque and classical flutes, mainly French but including Grenser and other makers.
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