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| American Flutes |
1. ALFRED G. BADGER, c.1846-50, cocuswood with 8 post-mounted silver keys-two with pewter plugs, conical bore, silver embouchure band and nice silver tuning cork
adjustment button in the original end cap, silver rings at the joints (missing the small ring of each pair at the joints), probably missing a silver ring or cap at the end of the foot, functional tuning slide, fully lined
head joint, open crack running the length of the head joint, needs new corks, with a nice box designed to fit the flute fullly assembled, 585mm, stamped:t: A.G. BADGER/NEW YORK on all joints; the silver band
at the bottom of the head may be a repair band as there is a crack below, however, it also looks original to the flute, (Our #28097),  | $2,750. |
| 2. AMERICAN, c.1850, cocuswood in D, 1 flat round key, nickel rings, sounding length 525mm, long headjoint crack (opposite embouchure) and hairline crack in the
third joint, missing the ring at the bottom of the foot joint, , needs wraps & pads, (Our #24672), | $250. |
| 3. AMERICAN, c.1830, rare side blown flute in F, probably Firth, Hall & Pond, boxwood, 1 round key missing, turned rings, total length 500mm, requires restoration, (Our
#23454), | $300. |
| 4. AMERICAN, c.1840, boxwood, originally with bone rings but two have been replaced with pewter, , very pretty turning work, four small cracks at base of head joint
(with old glue filler) and one crack at top of 3rd joint with old glue filler, 1 nickel saltspoon key, 531mm, (Our #24680), | $350. |
| 5. AMERICAN (PROBABLY), 1840-60, Walking Stick Flute, maple, keyless, turned maple end cap, missing ferrule at top (perhaps silver), integral ring turnings in stick
below flute body, OL 886mm, sounding length 354mm, (Our #24681), | $2,500. |
| 6. AMERICAN OR GERMAN, c.1830, unstamped, stained fruitwood, bone rings (missing two - one replaced with an ill fitting non-original ring), single brass saltspoon
key, two fine cracks in head joint, sounding length 522mm, (Our #24669), | $225. |
| 7. C. G. CHRISTMAN, 1837-51, boxwood, four nickel saltspoon shaped keys on block mounts, ivory rings and end cap, lined head joint and barrel with tuning slide, one
fine crack in barrel joint and one fine crack in head joint (not through embouchure), the barrel is stamped "Patent", slide is a bit loose in the head, needs new string wraps, sounding length 526mm, (Our #22899),
| $1,000. |
| 8. CAMP, JABEZ MCCALL, c.1835, cocuswood, ivory rings, three especially nice silver saltspoon keys on block mounts and three silver keys with pewter plugs, the
headjoint is cracked, the barrel is cracked in 3 places, two rings are cracked and one is missing, sounding length 595mm, (Our #27532), | $1,000. |
| 9. DOUGLASS, JOHN D., 1840-46, boxwood with ivory rings, 4 keys with block mounts and round saltspoon covers, three of the keys are brass and one is silver - likely a
later replacement though done in a very nice style with linings inside the block, original cork adjustment screw in end cap, sounding length 530mm, plays at A=450, needs new pads/end cork, and the string wraps
are pretty stiff and old, no open cracks, there is an old crack at the top of the foot joint and a chip missing from the bottom of the foot joint, (Our #27243), | $850. |
| 10. DOUGLASS, JOHN D., c.1835-39, boxwood, ivory rings (2 missing), 4 square brass keys (1 missing), 2 minor tenon cracks, sounding length 534mm, overall length
607mm, stamped on all joints: J.D. DOUGLASS/UTICA, (Our #24666), | $950. |
| 11. FIRTH HALL & POND, 1833-47, cocus wood, 8 block mounted silver keys with saltspoon covers, two keys have roller style touches, fulliy lined head joint, one block
missing a chip off the top exposing the pin, missing the end cap and the ring at the bottom of the foot joint, barrel is cracked, head joint is cracked, embouchure has a bone bushing or lining, sounding length
590mm, a good candidate for restoration & would make a fine Irish flute, (Our #27341), | $750. |
| 12. FIRTH, HALL & POND, c.1835, boxwood with ivory rings, 8 silver salt-spoon keys (one touch missing) with C & C#, cracked through head (opposite embouchure) &
barrel, end-cap missing, 2 ivory rings damaged, otherwise ok, requires restoration, total L-658mm, s.l.: 590mmst: FIRTH HALL & POND/FRANKLIN SQ./N-YORK/1217, (Our #26462), | $550. |
| 13. GEIB & WALKER, 1829-43, boxwood with ivory rings and end cap (probably a later addition-it's fixed in place), four brass keys with square covers-two are missing the
touches, missing one of the ivory rings (at the top of the lower body joinst), no cracks, needs new string wraps, sounding length: 528mm, (Our #26652), | $650. |
| 14. GEIB, J., A. & W., c.1820, attractive boxwood, one brass key with flat sqaure cover, missing the end cap, no cracks, but needs a new end cap, string wraps and pad,
sounding length 526mm, (Our #24096), | $850. |
| 15. GEIB, JOHN, 1818-1829, stained boxwood, ivory rings, 6 nickel saltspoon keys (one is missing the touch end), period head joint by Firth, Pond & Co., NY fits well,
minus end cap, 529mm, (Our #24664), | $600. |
| 16. GEIB, JOHN, c.1815, boxwood, ivory rings, 1 brass key which may be a very old replacement, no cracks and rings are fine, sl 520mm, A=459 approx., stamp: Geib/
23 Maiden Lane/New York, no case, (Our #22442), | $950. |
| 17. HALL, WILLIAM, c.1840, unstamped, cocus body in 4 joints, ivory rings, one nickel silver key, no cracks in the wood but the two middle rings are cracked, A=455,
sounding length 526mm, (Our #23840), | $450. |
| 18. HALL, WILLIAM & SON, c.1848, lightly figured boxwood with typical half-round ivory rings and ivory endcap, one bevelled square brass key. Overall length:
606mm, sounding length: 529. In particularly fine original condition (orig. string windings, no cracks)., stamped: WILLIAM HALL & SON/ 239 BROADWAY/ N-YORK., (Our #27808), | $800. |
| 19. KLEMM & BRO, c.1860-80, ivory head joint, dark rosewoodbody with 8 nickel silver post mounted keys (2 with pewter plugs) and rings, no cracks in the body by the
head is cracked through the embouchure, barrel is cracked, tuning slide is not frozen, sounding length 588mm, with the original rosewood veneered wooden box, needs overhaul of pads and string wraps, (Our
#23843), | $850. |
| 20. KLEMM & BRO., 1820-90, st: KLEMM & BRO/ -IN-/ PHILADELPHIA. cocuswood, 8 nickel keys, C & C# w/pewter plugs, nickel rings, nickel embouchure band,
headjoint and barrel are cracked, third joint has a crack, some of the keys are loose on pivots, sounding length 580mm, (Our #24692), | $450. |
| 21. MEACHAM & POND, c.1830, boxwood with ivory rings, 1 sguare brass key, all joints st: MEACHAM/ & POND/ALBANY, excellent but for 1 replacement ring & absent
endcap, needs new end cork & pad, sounding length 527mm, A=445, (Our #22939), | $1,000. |
| 22. MEINELL, WILLIAM R., c.1915, st: W.MEINELL/Manufacturer/New York; grenadilla, 10 nickel keys to low B, lined head-lining has slipped, one touch broken off &
missing, cracked barrel, missing one ring, really pretty filthy too but by a fine American maker and thus worthy of restoring one day, 640mm, (Our #23427), | $300. |
| 23. PELOUBET, CHABRIER, 1829-36, boxwood with ivory rings, 4 silver saltspoon keys on block mounts (one key is a later replacement), lined head joint and barrel,
tuning barrel is cracked, no other cracks in the body, needs new joint wraps or corks, ring at the bottom of the head joint is cracked, sounding length 529mm, stamped C.PELOUBET/NEW YORK; also stamped
ATWELLS/MUSIC SCHOOL/N.YORK, (Our #27531), | $800. |
| 24. PELOUBET, CHABRIER, 1829-36, boxwood, ivory rings, 1 silver square key, 2" crack at the tenon end of the head joint, very old repaired crack in the foot joint (not
through the tone hole), the tenon at the top of the foot joint is broken up, missing the end cap, missing the ivory rings of the top joint an bottom of the foot joint (has the center joint ring and end foot ring),
sounding length 527mm, (Our #24671), | $750. |
| 25. PELOUBET, CHABRIER, c.1836-60, boxwood, doubled ivory rings, 4 German silver keys with round covers on block mounts, no cracks but missing the end cap and
needs new corks and pads, A=450, sounding length 528 mm, (Our #23841), | $750. |
| 26. PRINCE, GEORGE, boxwood, thin round ivory rings, 1 simple rectangular brass key, 528mm, (Our #24675), | $450. |
| 27. ROHE, JOSEPH ANTON, 1840-63, boxwood, rounded horn rings (one is warped and it is missing the ring on the foot joint), 1 circular brass key-missing the touch,
high pitched, sounding length 527mm, (Our #24679), | $450. |
| 28. SONNTAG, HERMAN, 1856-90, in F, cocuswood, 6 nickel keys, hairline embouchure crack, complete & in very good condition, tuning slide may be stuck and it
needs new pads and corks, 445mm, (Our #23457), | $350. |
| 29. ZOGBAUM, FERDINAND, c.1860-70, cocuswood, 6 nickel keys & nickel rings, cracked head, barrel cracked in two places, some keys loose on he pivots, sounding
length 526mm, no case, stamped: (bee devise)/F. ZOGBAUM/IN/NEW YORK/(monogram), (Our #24668), | $350. |
| 30. ZOGBAUM, FERDINAND, 1854-80, nicely figured cocus wood, 8 brass keys-2 with pewter plugs (C & C#), fully lined head joint but wood is loose from liner and is
cracked, tuning slide probably stuck, missing the end cap but has the cork adjuster, needs pads and springs and wraps and there's one itty bitty crack at the top of the third joint, sounding length 643mm, (Our
#24689), | $400. |
| European Flutes |
| 31. BERTHOLD, c.1880, Cocuswood, 9 nickel keys, early Boehm style foot, crack in back of head joint, cracked barrel, head joint sleeve is loose in head but stuck in
barrel, missing the screw between the end cap and the cork, needs pads, sounding length 593mm., (Our #23223), | $500. |
| 32. BONNEVILLE, AUGUSTE, sterling silver, B foot, open covers, closed G#, sounding length 600mm, with an original case, (Our #28159), | $4,800. |
| 33. CLEMENTI & COMPY, 1802-03, stained boxwood, unmounted, small original uncut holes, 1 flat square brass key, 1 5cm crack at bottom of head, SL 536, OL 620,
stamp: CLEMENTI & COMPY/No 26 Cheapside/London, (Our #24670), | $750. |
| 34. ENGLISH, 2nd half 19th century, stained boxwood, ivory rings, 1 square silver key, 540mm, (Our #24687), | $1,500. |
| 35. ENGLISH OR IRISH, c.1800, boxwood, ivory rings, 1 square brass key, unicorn device, 538mm, (Our #24685), | $1,200. |
| 36. GAUTROT AINE, 1845-84, Grenadilla, 6 nickel keys, missing one key touch, missing end-cap, barrel frozen, 527mm, (Our #23451), | $500. |
| 37. GERMAN, c.1890-1900, grenadilla, ivory embouchure band with crack, 8 keys, 590mm, needs joint-wrap & pads, (Our #23446), | $175. |
| 38. GERMAN, c.1910, unstamped, grenadilla, 10 nickel keys, to low B, missing one ring & end cap, head and barrel are cracked (not through embouchure), missing
touch for low B key, no case, 625mm, (Our #23431), | $180. |
| 39. GERMAN, c.1890-1900, grenadilla, 11 nickel keys, B-foot, tuning barrel is frozen, sounding length 642mm, lined head joint, head joint is cracked through the
embouchure, barrel is cracked, requires restoration, (Our #26654), | $200. |
| 40. GERMAN, STAMPED BRUNO, c. 1890, grenadilla, 8 nickel keys, C-foot, lined head joint and barrel, lining in the head is slipped out of place a bit, head joint is
cracked at the back and the barrel is cracked at the back, tuning barrel is frozen, good springs and fresh looking pads (two need replacing), bottom end cap is loose, sounding length 600mm, (Our #26653), | $250. |
| 41. METZLER, c.1825, ebony with 8 block mounted silver saltspoon keys and wide silver rings, no missing or replaced keys, blocks or rings, fully lined head, 2 cracks each
in the head joint and tuning barrel but not through the embouchure, one small crack at the top of the middle body joint, end cap probably not original, sounding length 583mm, (Our #24095), | $850. |
| 42. MONZANI & CO., 1822-1833, cocuswood with wide silver rings, 8 block-mounted silver keys, rings & keys fully hallmarked, total length: 671, sounding length:
592mm; in the somewhat shaken fitted leather case with an additional original headjoint included with tuning slide (same length); in a particularly fine state of preservation with the exception of an unrepaired
crack in the tuning slide headjoint opposire the embouchure, the upper middle joint stamped: HILL-LATE/ MONZANI & Co. 28 REGENT Ste// PICCADILLY/ LONDON/ 3203; the lower joint stamped: MONZANI &
Co. & below: PATENT, (Our #28497), | $2,750. |
| 43. OSTERREID & GERLACH, 1895-1909, Cocuswood, French style simple system with 8 nickel keys (one is a roller), nickel rings, tuning slide is working, C-foot, original
case, sounding length 602 mm, no cracks, new corks, modern pads-but they could stand to be replaced, edges of end cap are gnawed off all the way around, (Our #22384), | $500. |
| 44. POTTER, RICHARD SR., c.1760, stamped: Potter/London (in a banner) on the middle joint, boxwood with ivory rings end cap, one silver key, one hairline crack in
head joint, two hariline cracks in third joint and one in foot joint, needs new string wraps, sounding length 541mm, A=430 and lower, a very early Potter Senior, completely original & in excellent condition;
Richard Potter established his workshop c.1745, he was the most significant English maker after the passing of Thomas Stanesby in c.1754, (Our #24821), | $5,000. |
| 45. RUDALL CARTE & CO., silver, open G & G#, closed tone holes, with both straight and curved headjoints, pads are okay but not brand new, original leather case,,
(Our #28163), | $6,800. |
| 46. RUDALL ROSE CARTE & CO., c.1862-71, silver, closed tone holes, C-foot, engraved embouchure band, the rare Boehm's Parabola/ Carte's Mechanism model,
identical to the one in the Dayton C. Miller Collection, the barrel engraved: COUNCIL PRIZE MEDALS/ 1851 & 1862/ Rudall Rose Carte & Co./ Patentees/ 20 Charing Cross/ Boehm's Parabola,/ Carte's
Mechanism/ M.J.J, (Our #28164), | $3,500. |
| 47. STOWASSER/CAZZANI, c.1910, the head joinst is stamped Stowasser/Budapest (firm of Johann Stowasser), and the grenadilla body is stamped Battista Cazzani Co.
of Milan Italy; we do not think these started out in life together, but they are a good fit; nickel keys to low B, tuning barrel is cracked and frozen, head joint has a wide crack through the embouchure hole, needs
new joint wraps and pads, sounding length 644mm, (Our #25103), | $150. |
| Boehm System & Variants |
| 48. A. G. BADGER, mid-19th century, conical Boehm flute with 3 cocuswood joints, silver keywork, engraved silver bottom-cap & adjustable end-cap, silver
embouchure plate with lip-impression, the C & C# with pewter plugs, total length-670mm, sounding length-589mm, in the original emoseed leather-covered fitted case with silver grease box, excellent condition
but for an open barrel crack & frozen barrel, P.ERNSTS/ APPROV'D/ No.392/ and stamped on all 3 joints: (lyre device/ A..G..BADGER/ NEW-YORK/ (lyre device); Badger was "the most important figure in
producing and promoting the Boehm flute in the U.S.", (Our #28620), | INQUIRE |
| 49. ALFRED G. BADGER, c.1880, Boehm-system, cylindrical body in grenadilla with silver keywork, C-foot, closed G#, ebonite headjoint with raised lip-plate, original
leather-covered case, original ebonite tenon caps; s.l.:590mm, inspired by the flutes of Boehm & Mendler, this flute is engraved on the upper tenon: A.G.BADGER/MAKER NY; another Badger flute with the name
similarly engraved is illustrated on p.17 in David Shorey's 1983 Catalogue of Historic Flutes., (Our #26668), | $2,500. |
| 50. GEMEINHARDT, silver plate, no case, C-foot, closed hole, good condition-but ncould use new pads & polishing, (Our #24694), | $150. |
| 51. GERMAN, c.1890-1900, grenadilla with post-mounted nickel silver keys, closed holes, Pratten style simple system, closed G#, cylindrical bore, leaf and needle
springs, stamped L.P. (low pitch or A=440), fully lined head joint, one open crack at the back side of the head joint, one small crack at the top of the foot joint, old pads and corks, original tattered leather covered
wooden case, sounding length 605mm, overall length 686mm,, an interesting Boehm variant in very good condition, needing pads, etc., (Our #28869), | $350. |
| 52. GERMAN, c.1890, grenadilla, open G#, C-foot, unstamped, style of Boehm & Mendler, closed silver plated keys, 607mm sounding length, 2cm hairline crack at
the base of the head joint, requires restoration, (Our #25102), | $900. |
| 53. ISADORE LOT, c.1880, cocuswood, nickel rings & keywork, C-foot, open G#, in the original leather-covered case, s.l.:578mm, repaired headjoint crack, fully
overhauled & playable, (Our #22194), | $1,500. |
| 54. WALLIS, JOSEPH, 1884-1891, cylindrical Boehm variant, cocuswood, 16 nickel keys, stamped on all the joints, C-foot, closed G#, newish pads, with the original
case, 587mm, (Our #23767), | $600. |
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| Piccolos |
| 55. BERTELING, T., c.1900, grenadilla, ebonite headjoint, 6 pin-mounted nickel keys, with tuning slide, hairline crack in the barrel, sounding length 250mm, (Our
#22918), | $180. |
| 56. DESCHAMPS, G., grenadilla, unlined head joint, two very fine hairline cracks in the head joint (not through embouchure and not really open), 5 nickel keys,
sounding length 268mm, A=446, (Our #23344), | $125. |
| 57. ENGLISH, mid 19th c., cocuswood, 2 pieces, 1 round saltspoon key, 3 nickel rings, 250mm, (Our #24696), | $75. |
| 58. GERMAN, in D, cocuswood, fully lined head joint is cracked through embouchure, barrel is cracked, 6 nickel keys, sounding length 262mm, (Our #23351), | $90. |
| 59. GERMAN, grenadilla, 6 nickel silver keys, lined head joint is cracked (not through embouchure, tuning barrel is also cracked, needs new pads and corks, sounding
length 244mm, (Our #23614), | $100. |
| 60. GONET & CO., in Db (low pitch), grenadilla, 6 pin mounted nickel keys, one fine crack at the bottom of the unlined head joint, barrel joint has a wide crack, body
has no cracks, sounding length 252mm, (Our #23345), | $85. |
| 61. HAYNES, GEORGE, 1905-22, Boehm system, in Db, grenadilla with silver rings and keywork, closed G#, original lined black leather case, a 2" hairline crack in the
headjoint (not in line with the embouchure) reasonably closed with old filler, needs pads and corks, sounding length 254mm, total length 308mm, (Our #23684), | $375. |
| 62. KOHLERT, c.1900, in C, grenadilla, end cap is missing, fully lined head joint, barrel is cracked and has non-original rings (one is broken), 6 nickel keys, sounding
length 265mm, (Our #23352), | $50. |
| 63. NACH H. F. MEYER, In D, rosewood, replaced end carp and missing the ring at the top of the head joint, fully lined head joint and barrel, barrel is cracked at the
back side, 6 nickel keys (one is missing), sounding length 248mm, (Our #23350), | $75. |
| 64. PENZEL (DANIEL/DEALER), c.1850-90, rosewood, 5 nickel keys, fully lined head joint is missing the end cap and is cracked at the back side, tuning slide is frozen,
cracked barrel, sounding length is 245mm, (Our #23353), | $75. |