Development of the Rudall flute Introduction Rudall & Rose were one of the most impressive flute making companies of the 19th century, and one of the few to start near the start and see it through to the next. They thus provide us with a sort of skeleton upon which we can see how flute-making developed through the flute's most glorious period. It struck me that we would benefit by constructing a chronology of their flute's development during that period, overlaid over that company's history. Firstly, a word of explanation. You'll see I've used the short form 'Rudall' flute in the title.

Boosey & Hawkes/Rudall Carte woodwind serial numbers 73. The Boosey Company maintained separate serial number sequences for flutes and. The last number in the flute sequence is 31199 for an instrument completed 9/5/1950, while the first flute to appear in the reed sequence has the serial number. Rudall, Rose & Carte. Rudall, Rose & Carte: The Art of the Flute in Britain. Appendices include addresses, dates and serial numbers.

I use this to include conveniently all flutes made by the series of companies from Rudall and Rose through to to Rudall Carte & Co. Our starting points We're fortunate in being able to see fairly clearly how things were, back in 1820, before the start of the company. George Rudall had returned from the Napoleonic wars and set himself up as a flute teacher in London. Route Editor For Msts Trains there. For this, he needed a good supply of good flutes, and turned to London maker John Willis for these.

We're even more fortunate in that I have one in my that we can pore over. George Rudall, Willis Fecit, c 1820. (From the McGee Flutes Research Collection) You can see much more information on this flute by clicking on the image above. For our purposes though, we can summarise the main stylistic and functional differences between this flute and later Rudall flutes as: • Cap - rounded shape • Indicator - ivory ball end • Head outside diameter - 29.34mm (fat!), giving chimney depth 5.23mm • Metals - sterling silver • Key cups - flat silver discs • Pads - plain leather discs • Key seats - flat bottomed • Slot liners with double springs (but not on upper C key) • Upper C key - straight, three block mounts • Long F key - none • 'Strengthening' pins on RH and Foot blocks • 'Fly-over' low C key shaft. • C#-D# length - 262mm • Hole 5 - 7.15mm • Embouchure hole - 11.2 x 10.5mm, equiv diam 10.85, ratio 1.07 • C, C# touches - hockey stick overlapping. We're equally fortunate in being able to see the work of John Rose before he met Rudall: John M.

Rose, Bate Collection, Oxford. Again you can see more by clicking on the image. From this flute and one in Edinburgh, we can summarise differences from his later work with Rudall: • Cap - cylindrical with metal cover • Indicator - silver inscribed rod • Head bore - large at 19.6mm • Head outside diameter - 28.7mm (fat!), giving chimney depth 4.55mm • Metals - sterling silver • Key cups - flat silver square plates • Pads - plain leather squares • Key seats - flat bottomed • Reverse tenoned • Upper C key - none • Long F key - none • Integral RH and Foot • 'Cut around' low C key shaft. • Slot liners on low C and C# only • C#-D# length - 259.5mm • Hole 5 - 8.3mm • Holes well undercut conically • Embouchure hole - 10.85 x 9.9mm, equiv diam 10.38, ratio 107.4 • C, C# touches - hockey stick overlapping. And an ending point? We're also pretty lucky here. Although Rudall & Carte went on to produce 8-key style flutes well into the 20th century, there wasn't much development in that last period, as the heyday of the 8-key flute was well over, and the company was concentrating on modern Boehm instruments.

Kellogg`S Mission Nutrition Game: Full Version Software. Registration Keys For Usb Secure. So for our end point, we can make do with a very late (1893) 19th century flute, conveniently also in the writer's collection. That needn't stop us adding more information about 20th century Rudalls if it comes to light. For more on this flute, see. For the purposes of this investigation, we can summarise RR7120 as: • Cap - cylindrical with decorative end face • Indicator - wooden ball end • Head outside diameter - 27mm, giving chimney depth 4mm • Metals - German silver • Key cups - hemispherical (imitating 'salt-spoon') • Pads - probably card-backed • Key seats - flat bottomed (but large holed) • No slot liners • Blued steel fixed spring plates • Upper C key - mild hockey stick, two block mounts • Long F key - hockey stick, offset more than the G# • 'Cut-around' low C key shaft. • C#-D# length - 248mm • Pewter plugs on C & C# • Hole 5 - 11mm • Embouchure hole - 12.42 x 11.05mm, equiv diam 11.74, ratio 1.12 • C, C# touches - hockey stick overlapping • Address - 23 Berners St. The check list So, we have a starting point (well, two actually) and a finishing point.