This is most unusual for Rudall & Rose, and would usually be regarded as a possible sign of a fake (Check out a real here!) There is a full address though (not normally given on a fake - why help your customer draw attention to your activities?). Not really much more you could do with it, is there? An interesting point is that the flute appears to carry no serial number. 1915 or 1917 anyone? An All-Ivory Rudall This exotic instrument is made totally in ivory, engraved in a floral pattern.Īs you can see, the keys and rings are in the Acanthus leaf style and are gilded. If you've seen anything like it, of course, we need to know! Postscript: Peter Challans advises he also has an identical flute with the same number, supporting the suggestion that 1916 is the year rather than a serial number. Pettengill for bringing this interesting one to our attention.
High pitch tuning I guess we can assume it's a band flute (key of F, no slide, integral short foot, high pitch) and that these had their own numerical series. By then, they were well above 7000.īut this flute is No 1916. By the time Rudall & Rose changed to Rudall Carte & Co in 1872, their 8-key style flutes were up to serial numbers in the 6700 region.Īnd even then it wasn't a 'Ltd' company - according to the New Langwill Index, that didn't happen until 1911! Serial number generator. Nothing unusual about that surely, but wait. It could take me some time to get all this together, so enjoy what's here for now and come back often! A French-style Rudall in F! Here's an intriguing flute in ebony (or perhaps blackwood?), marked 1916, made by Rudall Carte & Co. Some of the things we'll see will include a French style 5-key in F, an all-ivory flute, a short D foot, a Bb foot, a 13-key, a Brille mechanism, a one piece body, duplicate Bb keys, post mounted keys, a flute with reverse tenons, a flute with all pewter plugs, and one with flat plate keys. Some Unusual Rudalls In this page, I'm going to introduce you to some unusual flutes and some unusual features I've come across in my studies of the work of Rudall, Rose and Carte in their various combinations. From what I could find out, the company was taken over in 1950-60s? So it must be older than that. 
It is a Rudall Carte & Co Graduate series 80 with the serial number: 487746.
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