This double flageolet was restored and is in playing condition. It has a nominal pitch of C and lowest note D. It is made of beautiful boxwood and has five silver keys and two windcutter keys (labium shutters). The original beak, wind distributor and studs are all made of ivory....
Here is a lovely four-part Romantic flute in its original case by the Bavarian master Johann Simon STENGEL (1803-1885). Listen to this flute playing Kaspar KUMMER’s (1795-1870) Etude mélodique op.110 n° 4. The flute exhibits a high level of craftsmanship, featuring beautifully made nickel silver rings. The tenon sockets are also inlaid...
Have you ever seen a piccolo flute with a B-flat foot joint? We hadn’t until now… This piccolo is in a set with a flute that also goes right down to B-flat! Plus, it’s in its original case and in splendid condition. Piccolos normally end with a D-foot, which is...
This stunning creation was entirely handmade in luscious cocuswood by the Rudall, Carte & Co Ltd – England’s finest flute-makers of the mid-twentieth century. The company was set up in 1872 as successors to Rudall Rose, Carte & Co. Later in 1943-1944, it was acquired by Boosey & Hawkes. For more...
Here is an unusual E fife – nominal pitch is D. It is made of fine boxwood and has a conical bore. Its embouchure is oval. The brass ferrules carry the number 1487 at the top and 1??5 at the base. The instrument plays at a=440 Hz and was perhaps...
This ebonite flute was made by Rudall, Carte & Co Ltd – England’s finest flute-makers of the mid-twentieth century. The company was set up in 1872 as successors to Rudall Rose, Carte & Co. Later in 1943-1944, it was acquired by Boosey & Hawkes. For more details on this...
This delightful flute was a gift to a school friend in 1842 – William Guppy. It is a three-part flute, made of maple and fitted with one brass key. The form of the instrument suggests that it might be American, as does the style of the date and the wording...
This terracotta and brass ocarina was made in Ferrara, Italy by Antonio CANELLA (1861?-1952?). To date, we have never seen another ocarina with a double tuning slide like this one! It almost looks like a gun in the hand of Bond… James Bond. Antonio Canella was active making ocarinas from around...
This ocarina was made by the great master and inventor of the ocarina himself Giuseppe DONATI (1836-1925). Donati lived and worked in his hometown of Budrio at the outset of his career as an ocarina maker. He moved to Bologna in 1878 where he lived and worked. In 1904 he opened...
Dresden, Germany was home to many legendary instrument makers. Theodor Karl POPPE was one woodwind specialist. POPPE would become the last name of the owners of a famous Dresden workshop and highly regarded for his oboes, flutes and clarinets. Three famous makers, all born and trained in Adorf, in Vogtland...
