TRADED ! No Longer offered for adoption are two antique flutes.
First an Austrian 8-key by Carl Schubert, this is a later flute (could be 20th. Cen.) made of Blackwood with Nickel-Silver rings and keys. It is labeled L.P. but plays at A=440 Hz with the slide fully shut, but I tend to play a bit flatter than most. All keys work except the bottom C, which has a missing link (which I missed when I bought the flute). {If I missed a missing link then according to logic it should be there! Two negatives make positive.} All of the pads are original and still seal well. There is a missing bit of cork on the top tennon. I repaired cracks to the head and barrel, they have been stable for over 2-years and I honestly can’t find them. This flute plays very well, with a surprisingly strong voice that is sweet up top and has a good fog-horn bottom D. But what makes this flute fun to play is the response (very quick). It doesn’t show well in the picture, but the embouchure is “TV” shaped, which I like very much.
The Second flute is a Cocus 3-key (Missing the Bb, which I don’t use anyway!) bands and keys made Nickel-Silver. The flute is un-marked, but I believe it to be an American flute. It plays at A=442 Hz for me with the slide shut. The tuning is quite good and the smaller holes make it a fast player. The voice is perhaps the sweetest you will ever hear! This is a parlor flute with an angelic voice, not a bombastic session weapon. There were cracks in every piece of this flute when I got it. All repairs have been stable for over a year and a half. The “purple” line running the length of the head in the photo is an experiment gone wrong (looks worse in photo than reality). I attempted to dye the Cyanoacrylate a reddish brown, but it turned a bit purple when it cured. The head is missing it’s top ring, but I wrapped it with FireWire filament (now stronger than original ring). The block for the Bb key is broke at the pivots and I filled the hole with hot-melt glue (can be easily removed). The key springs are very light making it easy to break a pad’s seal unintentionally, but lively to the touch. As an antique this flute really isn’t worth much, but as an angelic player it is an incredible bargain!
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