Rudall Carte Serial Numbers Flute Instrument

[quote name='trudihiggins' date='Apr 21 2009, 08:28 AM' post='818416'] [/quote] The Rudall Carte will probably be 1960s/1970s then. Go with andante_in_c's advice. Dislike Elkhart flutes, they tend to be more trouble than they're worth, sadly. [/quote] too late I bought it. Oh no what have I done it'll be over the hill like me - we'll be the same age and so we can go over the hill together.

[/quote] That's the Rudall Carte, I assume. Get your flute teacher to give it a thorough looking over. Flutes that old will almost certainly have interesting foibles. Hope all works out for you Trudi.

Rudall, Carte & Co. Catalog, September, 1922 Rudall, Carte & Co.

Catalog, September, 1922 The venerable firm of Rudall, Carte & Co. Began as Rudall & Rose (1821–1852), became Rudall Rose Carte & Co. (1852–1871), and operated as Rudall, Carte & Co.

Serial numbers do not appear before mid-1854 as shown by a flute without serial number in an original case dated June 19, 1854 (Bigio p. The first gold flute was made in 1856 and a gold flute number I.E. (40) is mentioned in Bigio p. 3 which may be the first, or nearly the first, gold flute. A GUIDE TO DATING BOOSEY & Co./BOOSEY & HAWKES INSTRUMENTS BASED ON SERIAL. Rudall Carte woodwind serial numbers. Serial number sequences for flutes.

A GUIDE TO DATING BOOSEY & Co./BOOSEY & HAWKES INSTRUMENTS BASED ON SERIAL. Rudall Carte woodwind serial numbers. Serial number sequences for flutes. Flute, Rudall Rose Carte & Co.1867 System, London. The previous owner found this flute, black with tarnish, in a vintage instrument shop in Philadelphia. During restoration, this beautiful silver instrument. I was naturally curious if this might be the maker's initials, or perhaps a coded serial number. Eventually Mark.

They offered a wide variety of flutes from the beginning, and were instrumental in manufacturing and promoting the Boehm flute and other cylindrical flutes in England. Sliding Window Protocol Java Program more. Thanks to Joe Moir for providing a copy of this catalog.

Scanned images of pages 1 and 4 through 8 may be found below. Pages 2 and 3 consist of 'General Remarks', which are of great interest, and these Remarks are reproduced as text below the thumbnails. Rudall, Carte's offerings consist primarily of what they term Modern Flutes, by which they mean cylindrical bore flutes with 'parabolic' head joints. This includes: 'old system' flutes, Radcliff's Model, Guard's Model, Boehm's system, Rockstro's Model, Carte 1867 patent flutes. The 'old system' modern flute (almost an oxymoron) had 'some traces of the inherent defects of the old Flute' since the holes could not be put in 'their absolutely correct positions'. They also offer, on the very last page, 'Concert Flutes', including conical 8-key flutes. Click on the thumbnails, or click here to return to the index.

GENERAL REMARKS Pages 2 and 3 of Rudall, Carte's List of Concert Flutes and Piccolos, from September, 1922 SOME explanation about the Flutes manufactured by Messrs. Rudall, Carte & Co., Ltd., may be useful to those who have no opportunity of seeing and examining them together. There are two classes of Flutes; those with, the Conical, and those with the Cylindrical Bore. Up to the year 1847 all Flutes were made with the Conical Bore, excepting the Fife, which has now gone out of use.