Here’s another couple loads of bricks for Patrick’s new shop. This one sold in just a few hours (not to me). I thought I’d post it so we could look at the pretty pictures and wonder about what might have been.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110450150797&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
Darn, I wish I had a chance at this…
On that note, anyone with a Radcliffe system flute for sale, please let me know! I would definitely be interested.
You may be interested to know that i shall be listing a Rudall Radcliffes model shortly on Ebay…e-mail me for original size pics if required.
Pete
Would that be this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310183857204
hardly the same condition…
surely not too far short of the condition of the one that sold recently…and a lower starting price.
I’m assuming it’s high pitch?
By the way, saying there have been no repairs to the keys and then immediately describing a “repair” is kind of contradictory!
How do i tell if it’s high pitch? I’m a fiddle player…
There are no repairs to the silver keywork. The repair is to a spring.
I’m not looking to upset anyone here - just hoping to advertise the flute and maybe get some interest; after all, forums are meant to be friendly.
To a flute player the spring is part of the key. I was just pointing something out that you may not have realized, which as it turns out, was the case.
As far as high pitch determination, the quickest way is playing it. But measurements would help too. Embouchure hole to end to start and you can likely do Terry McGee’s C# to Eb hole estimate… or whatever that was…
Thanks in advance!
In my opinion, the condition is far short of the one sold by Patrick Olwell (the pics are still up, and I have copies when the completed listing disappears). "The condition is excellent, with no cracks in the wood and no damage or any wear on the key mechanism. The cork joints fit nicely, and the embouchure is very clean and sharp and unaltered. (10.5 mm x12.3mm, sounding length 578 mm) I have taken apart and cleaned the keywork, and all screws are free with no rust. It is rare to find a wooden flute this old with no cracks of any kind. "
One must consider the cost of restoration for the current flute listed, ie: “There is a very fine hairline split on the headjoint (to the opposite side of the embouchure hole) running from the outer ferrule (top end ferrule) to roughly two-thirds of the length of that section.” and “A complete overhaul is no doubt needed but the flute will look fantastic once restored.”
Terry McGee’s page at http://mcgee-flutes.com/flutelengths.htm has a table for the Radcliff, and based on the measurement the seller has given, it would be High Pitch.