It was manufactured in London by Rudall, Rose and Carte. Radcliff(1843–1917) was an English flutist and inventor(1870) of the"Radcliff system" flute, a simplification of the Carte system of 1851. INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE RADCLIFF SYSTEM: John R. Rudall Carte& Co Flutes are fine crafted Flutes favorite by many great Artists around the World for good reason. Key work is German silver, overall length of this flute is 26 inch(660 mm) and the sounding/ acoustic length is 22 ¾ + inches(580 mm) Flute has a lovely rich tone and plays extremely well. Flute has just been complete overhauled with all new quality pads and corks and is in perfect playing shape. Instrument is made of Grenadilla wood in excellent shape without any cracks. Insurance in the Continental US is $ 28 Shipping Worldwide is $ 65 Good luck bidding!īeautiful Late 19th century Rudall Carte& Co Flute made in London. We accept the following forms of payment: Paypal Florida Residents please add 6% sales tax. Anthony Baines called Radcliff's system" an excellent design on which nothing is impossible while some high passages are simpler than on the Boehm" For more information and other Instruments we have for sale please visit our Website at our M E page. The Radcliff system flute differs from the Carte 1851 system in that it had a closed G#more acceptable to players of the old flute-and did not have the"open D" of the Carte(where all fingers off sounds d' and the thumb is left on its key for c' In spite of the closed G# the high e' is correctly vented, with only the A hole open. It was manufactured in London by Rudall, Rose and Carte, and then by Rudall Carte& Co.
more has just been complete overhauled with all new quality pads and corks and is in perfect playing shape. Beautiful Late 19th century Rudall Carte& Co Flute made in London.