Bassoon – STENGEL, Johann Simon

Here is a late romantic bassoon made by the Bavarian master Johann Simon STENGEL (1803-1885), who was the second generation of the STENGEL family, preceded by Johann Samuel Stengel (1771-1826) and followed by Johann Christoph Stengel (1833-1902).We believe this bassoon was made around 1860 and with the wording BREVETÉ (patented)...

Fife – George Miller

Let’s go back in time to 1778…England was under the reign of George III and in the midst of the American Revolutionary war. Amongst the fighting on the battlefields, the shrill, high sound of a fife could be heard…Here we have a unique and extremely rare fife. A fife is...

Clarinet – WHITAKER

Here is a delightful, boxwood clarinet in C made by WHITAKER LONDON. According to Waterhouse, William ‘A Dictionary of Musical Wind-Instrument Makers and Inventors’, Whitaker can be traced as an instrument maker between the late 18th century and 1837. Since the signature does not include the addition ‘& Co’, which...

Double-wall piccolo made in Italia

Here is an exciting little instrument for flute collectors and enthusiasts everywhere. It is a double-wall piccolo… made in Italy. So, what do we mean by double wall?Double-wall metal wind instruments featured a hollow body with two tubes. This innovation was first patented in 1879 in Italy by Agostino RAMPONE...

Double-wall silver flute – Agostino RAMPONE

Here is an exciting instrument for flute collectors and enthusiasts everywhere. It is a double-wall silver flute made by the maestro Agostino RAMPONE (1843-1897) in Italy.Double-wall metal wind instruments featured a hollow body with two tubes. This innovation was first patented in 1879 in Italy by Agostino Rampone who submitted...

Solid silver alto flute in G by Rudall Carte & Co. Ltd

No collectables website would be complete without a Rudall Carte & Co. flute. This exquisite, solid silver alto flute is a beauty to behold and was made by England’s finest flute-makers of the mid-twentieth century.  The company was established in 1872 as successors to Rudall Rose, Carte & Co and...

Thirteen-keyed B-flat clarinet by Giacinto RIVA

This 13-keyed B-flat clarinet is crafted in boxwood, with nickel silver rings and keys. The workmanship is of a very high level and the boxwood has a lovely, aged honey colour. It even has its original case!Giacinto Riva worked in San Giovanni in Persiceto in the province of Bologna, Italy...

Verdi contrabass trombone – DESIDERA E FIGLI

This large and quite outlandish instrument is known as a Verdi contrabass trombone. It is rarely seen by audiences nowadays, but maybe we can change that 😉. [Just making the photos was so much fun!]The Verdi contrabass trombone is a member of the trombone family and is the largest form...

English flageolet-piccolo – George BUTLER

This rare Cocuswood English flageolet with alternative piccolo head joint was made by a company led by George BUTLER (1795-1870) – the head of a family of instrument makers that were producing and dealing in brass, woodwind and many other instruments in Dublin and in London between 1826 and 1927....

Five-keyed boxwood flute – LEONHARDT

Here is a five-keyed flute by LEONHARDT. Some initial research has led us to a flute made by the same maker at the Michaelstein Abbey collection in Germany. A boxwood clarinet by Leonhardt with the same stamp was also recently sold at auction in the UK.This instrument is crafted in...