This System Schwedler-Kruspe flute featured in the MEINEL & HEROLD product catalogues. Meinel & Herold, established in 1893 in Klingenthal, Germany, started as an accordion factory, but over time, it evolved into one of the key trading companies in the area. The company was extremely successful, focussing solely on mail...
We love walking stick instruments. This genuine walking stick or cane flute is a rare find indeed. The HÉROUARD family of woodwind instrument makers were established in La Couture from around 1760 and related by marriage to the HOTTETERRES. The Hérouard Frères company was active from 1835 to 1878....
Walking stick flute – DECKER, Joseph This is a fascinating and extremely rare walking stick instrument. This three-part marvel was made by the Bavarian master turner and instrument workshop of Joseph DECKER. It’s maybe from the mid-1800s. Very little is known about Joseph Decker and few of his instruments are...
Everyone is familiar with the flutemakers FREYER! This Johann Gottlieb FREYER (ca.1764-1808) flute is crafted in boxwood and has three silver keys. The ferrules are turned from ivory just like its beautiful cap. All parts of this flute are stamped with the maker’s Prussian eagle and I.G. FREYER stamp. But that’s...
This C clarinet was made by the Bavarian and Munich-based master instrument maker, Benedict PENTENRIEDER (1809-1849). Pentenrieder’s life story and that of his immediate family are quite sad ones. He lived a very short life… dying at the age of just 40. He worked at the same time and location...
This A clarinet was made by the Bavarian and Munich-based master instrument maker, Benedict PENTENRIEDER (1809-1849). Pentenrieder’s life story and that of his immediate family are quite sad ones. He lived a very short life… dying at the age of just 40. He worked at the same time and location...
This unique all-silver flute was created at the beginning of the 1900s by the revered French flute-maker Louis Léon Joseph LEBRET (1862-1942). Take a moment and listen to Pierre-Octave FERROUD (1900-1936) – Bergère captive (from 3 Trois pièces pour flûte seule) The son of a music teacher, Lebret worked for ten years...
It is thought that only around 900 flutes were made by the legendary French master, Claude RIVE (1833-1895). Each Claude Rive flute is considered a masterpiece and players worldwide are drawn to Rive’s flutes since they combine aesthetic beauty with exceptional sound. Owning a Claude Rive flute is a dream...
Who was C.S. Barfoot? C for Charles and S for Smith, makes Charles Smith Barfoot (1778-1843). According to the Langwill Index, he was a music seller – well that’s exactly how he describes himself in his will. However, with a bit more digging, we discover that Charles Smith Barfoot was...
This instrument certainly needs some explaining! It came to us as you can see on the photos and was used for music making just how it is! It surely belonged to someone who couldn’t make an embouchure properly to play the flute. Therefore, that person needed to use the W....
