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| American Flutes |
1. 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. |
| 2. 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. |
| 3. 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. |
| 4. 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. |
| 5. 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. |
| 6. 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. |
| 7. 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. |
| 8. 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. |
| 9. 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. |
| 10. 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. |
| 11. 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. |
| 12. G. L. PENZEL & BRO, c.1882-90, lined ivory head joint with tuning slide, wide crack runs through the length of the head at the back side; tuning
barrel is also crackedd; grenadilla body with 9 nickel keys and nickel rings, in an original though shabby leather covered fitted case, needs the cracks filled, overhaul of pads, springs and corks, and a
new ring at the top of the barrel, (Our #29722), | $100. |
| 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, stamped: GEIB & WALKER/23/MAIDEN LANE/NEW
YORK, (Our #26652), | $600. |
| 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. 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. |
| 19. 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. |
| 20. MEACHAM & POND, c.1840, boxwood with ivory mounts and 4 block mounted square keys with canted corners, missing the ivory ring for the foot joint,
there is an open knot in the wood of the head joint that someone once wrapped string around (opposite the stamp), suonding length 532mm, 602mm, needs new pads and string wraps and the head
is a bit warped, (Our #29726), | $350. |
| 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), | $800. |
| 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, 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. |
| 25. 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. |
| 26. 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. |
| 27. 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. |
| 28. 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), | $300. |
| 29. 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 |
| 30. 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. |
| 31. BONNEVILLE, AUGUSTE, sterling silver, B foot, open covers, closed G#, sounding length 600mm, with an original case, (Our #28159), | $4,500. |
| 32. 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. |
| 33. ENGLISH, 2nd half 19th century, stained boxwood, ivory rings, 1 square silver key, 540mm, (Our #24687), | $1,500. |
| 34. ENGLISH OR IRISH, c.1800, boxwood, ivory rings, 1 square brass key, unicorn device, 538mm, (Our #24685), | $1,200. |
| 35. GERMAN, c.1890-1900, grenadilla, ivory embouchure band with crack, 8 keys, 590mm, needs joint-wrap & pads, (Our #23446), | $175. |
| 36. 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. |
| 37. 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. |
| 38. 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. |
| 39. 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. |
| 40. 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. |
| 41. 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), | $450. |
| 42. 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), | $3,500. |
| 43. 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 |
| 44. 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. |
| 45. GEMEINHARDT, silver plate, no case, C-foot, closed hole, good condition-but ncould use new pads & polishing, (Our #24694), | $150. |
| 46. 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. |
| 47. 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. |
| 48. 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. |
| 49. 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 |
| 50. 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. |
| 51. 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. |
| 52. ENGLISH, mid 19th c., cocuswood, 2 pieces, 1 round saltspoon key, 3 nickel rings, 250mm, (Our #24696), | $75. |
| 53. GERMAN, in D, cocuswood, fully lined head joint is cracked through embouchure, barrel is cracked, 6 nickel keys, sounding length 262mm, (Our
#23351), | $90. |
| 54. 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. |
| 55. 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. |
| 56. HERMANN WREDE, 1810-57, Such an elegant fife! Rosewood body with four saltspoon shaped silver keys and silver rings, there is a hairline crack in
the head joint from the bottom edge to the embouchure hole that looks as though it may once have been glued but not pinned,, stamped: H.W. WREDE/LONDON/B, (Our #29723), | $250. |
| 57. 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. |
| 58. 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. |