Haynes Flute

Haynes
45720

Boston

Handmade French model silver flute made in Boston March 1980.

Description:

• Haynes #45720  Custom made professional French model silver flute, b foot, in-line G, gizmo, A-440. In mint condition. Never used.  Seriously, never used. Custom made March 1, 1980. My technician leveled 3 pads and replaced corks and declared it in ‘extraordinary condition’ (Sept 2022). Leather case in mint condition.

HISTORY:

• History: One owner. Mint condition. The owner left her career as a professional flutist shortly after this flute order was filled, and never played this flute. I have the original sales paper work.

  For Sale $6000

Cloos Fife

This is a REPRODUCTION of an American Civil War period military fife in Bb.  Rosewood with nickel-silver ferrules and an especially easy 3rd register.  This is the most traditional drum-corps fife, authentic for the Civil War Period.  Reproduction by Sweetheart flutes.  This fife for sale _   $125.

HISTORY:   Made for me in 1993.  One owner.

Beare & Son
4-keyed Small Flute

Beare & Son
Toronto & London
Made in England

Nineteenth-century wood ‘small flute’  from circa 1883. Possibly rosewood.  Unlined. High-pitched A-452 ‘English band flute’ in Bb. 32 cm in length (measured from the center of the embouchure hole to the end of the flute). Four ‘salt-spoon’ pillar-mounted German silver keys. Cork pads.  Three German-silver turnings, one at each joint.  Keys are well-placed and comfortable to find under the fingers.  Excellent condition.  It has a powerful low range – particularly strong low “d” – and plays exceedingly well in the first two octaves.

This small flute for sale: $500.

HISTORY:  Purchased in Iowa City from a collector in December, 1993.