#Armstrong heritage flute history free#
Please feel free to contact me with any questions or for advice on your search and I will be happy to help. It has been completely stripped and restored, freeing up the mechanism again, cleaning and re-oiling the internal rods, cleaning out previously glued pads, re-shimming and replacing pads with Lucien Deluxe pads, the silver dipped and buffed to take out any scratches and then the flute reassembled and adjusted. In addition, many famous names in flute history honed their trade at Rudall Carte, including Albert Cooper, Ewen McDougall and Harry Seeley (the last two of whom, along with five other Carte workers, went on to set up Flutemakers Guild).5% Discount can be offered - Please contact me for details or visit LONDON FLUTES on Google.This particular flute will be from the later years of Rudall Carte and tuned to 440hz.
Founded as Rudall & Rose in 1822, Richard Carte (father of Richard D'Oyly Carte, of later Gilbert and Sullivan fame) joined the firm around 1850, and the company of Rudall, Rose, Carte & Co then became Rudall, Carte and Company in 1874.Up until its acquisition by Boosey & Hawkes in 1955, Rudall Carte were producing high-quality flutes in a range of materials - cocus wood, silver, ebonite and gold. BEAUTIFUL HAND-CRAFTED SOLID SILVER RUDALL CARTE FLUTE (#8931) WITH OPEN HOLES, INLINE G AND B-FOOT IN SUPERB, FULLY RESTORED CONDITIONThe British company Rudall Carte was among the most famous and well-regarded names in the music industry of the 19th and 20th centuries. Item: 114149792446 HANDMADE RUDALL CARTE SOLID SILVER HANDMADE OPEN-HOLE FLUTE - B-FOOT - BEAUTIFUL.