Juicy, David, … tell/show us more when you can.
As for RC7049, Hammy has won it at U$5,100/c£2420/cE3480. Gone to a good home, I guess - just wish it could have been mine…
Nice one Hammy. What are you going to do with it once you’ve cleaned and repadded it? At that price I’d guess it will be hard to turn a significant profit on a resale. Is it for yourself to play, and if it is as sweet as it looks, will you be measuring it up to reproduce?
mr HH apparently has been buying on ebay a number of pieces for a certain Rudall collector of note, whose name I won’t reveal but who is very well known.
What miffs me is that this flute, a rather ordinary RR by the standard (except it may be the last of the true 8key RR flutes, ending its era) garnered as much as the boxwood/ivory RR that I just sold. That is stunning to me. Perhaps it was the box and cocus rod? If so, then I’ve got a horde of those ready to start adding into my own sales.
Interesting.
dm
Hi Dave,
The flute was in very good condition. The tuning was much improved for 440htz playing in there later flutes, better tuning between the upper and lower notes, and less of the flat foot syndrome. So the cleaning rod, case, and grease pot must have cinched the deal! 
timing is everything, as an old girlfriend once told me
I don’t disagree, Jon. The extras likely were the closer.
I’ve done this long enough to know that timing is indeed everything.
But it also sends some strange signals about flutes in general and Rudalls in specific.
The serial numbers have something to do with 440 clarity, but not as much as you’d think. I’ve played some in the sub-1000 series that were terrific and nearly spot to 440 (none is ever dead on), and others not as good.
Same as the numbers go up. It really depends. I’m a fan of the 5500-6400 flutes, which for the most part fit the type of player that I am and what I look for in a flute.
but by the same token I have #1900 (boxwood large holes) that I adore and which plays just right for me and my style.
I know the makers here – Terry specifically – have handled many more Rudalls that I have and view them in very particular ways different that I do. Their assessments are more specific to the science of the instrument, so typically their valuations would be based on a different scale.
the beauty of it all is this: There is no perfect Rudall. Except the one I haven’t bought yet.
I agree that the tuning varied on the different R&R flutes. I have two RC’s here that were made the same year, but are quite different tuning.