At some point in his career they allowed Wylde to use their factory to build his own style of simple system flute and label these flutes as “from Rudall & Rose.” This one had a head joint crack running through the embouchure that had been clumsily filled, so that the tone was fuzzy. Several well known Irish flute players currently use Wylde flutes. Henry Wylde was one of Rudall and Rose’s master builders. Wylde, from Rudall & Rose, 25 Villiers St., Strand, London, no serial number.Įight key flute, red cocus wood, medium holes, from 1838-1852. I susequently had Jon Cornia outfit it with leather purse string pads. This one required only a repad, but this was made quite difficult by the fact that the silver wires holding several keys in place were broken off flush with the face of the block. Being of a more dense wood, this flute has a more solid tone than 6225. By this time, the Boehm system flute had largely taken over for younger players and in most orchestras, so Rudall and Carte were turning out only small numbers of these simple system flutes, probably working from a single standard set of templates and reamers. The measurements, hole sizes, and embouchure of this flute are very much like that of serial number 6225 shown above. Plaque shows that wife gifted the flute to husband WH Binny in 1882. Rudall and Carte & Co., 20 Charing Cross, London, serial number 6772.Įight key flute, black cocus wood, large holes from 1872-1878. It needed very little restoration “out of the box,” but I had Jon Cornia repair the usual head joint and barrel cracks and outfit the flute with purse string leather pads. It’s my favorite, used for all the D flute tracks on my new CD. My friend Frank Claudy thinks this is one of the best flutes he has played, and I agree. Rudall, Rose and Carte, 20 Charing Cross, London, serial number 6225.Įight key flute, red cocus wood, large holes, from 1858-71. Thanks to Robert Biggio for the exact date of manufacture. It plays beautifully, with the rather sharp A and B and flat F-sharp typical of flutes of the time. I repaired a fractured F key mount, two split tenons, two cracked sockets, and cracks in the barrel and head joint. Rudall and Rose, 1 Tavestock Street, Covent Garden, London, serial number 4256.Įight key flute, cocus wood, medium holes, from 1841. I have restored several antique flutes to playing condition.
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