A checklist of flutes and piccolos
by Rudall & Rose and Rudall, Carte & Co. in
America's Shrine to Music Museum

Mary Oleskiewicz, Curator of Musical Instruments
2001

No. 4442. Transverse flute by Rudall & Rose, London, ca. 1824-1837. Five sections. Stamped on body: RUDALL & ROSE / No. 15 PIAZZA / COVENT GARDEN / LONDON; on tuning slide barrel and foot joint: RUDALL & ROSE / LONDON. Serial number 1072. Boxwood, with ivory ferrules. Graduated tuning slide and screw-cap. Metal lining in head joint and tuning slide. Six silver keys, original four in integral wooden mounts; two additions in metal mounts. Closed keys: B-flat, G-sharp, short F, D-sharp; additions: long c'', long F. Lowest note d'. Total length, 599.3 mm. Sounding length, 524.4 mm. Arne B. Larson Estate, 1988.

Lit.: Amy Shaw Kreitzer, Transverse Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, M.M. Thesis (University of South Dakota: 1993), pp. 231, 233-235.
No. 1347. Transverse flute by Rudall & Rose, London, ca. 1824-1837. Five sections. Stamped on body: RUDALL & ROSE / No 15 PIAZZA / COVENT GARDEN / LONDON; on tuning slide barrel, lower body, and foot joint: RUDALL & ROSE / LONDON. Serial number 2868. Cocus wood, with silver ferrules. Tuning slide and graduated screw-cap. Metal lining in head joint and tuning slide. Nine silver keys, eight in integral wooden mounts; alternate B-flat lever in added wooden mount (repair or later addition). Closed keys: Long c'', double B-flat, G-sharp, short F, long F, D-sharp. Articulated, pewter plug keys: c-sharp', c'. Lowest note c'. Total length, 666.1 mm. Sounding length, 588.5 mm. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
Lit.: Amy Shaw Kreitzer, Transverse Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, M.M. Thesis (University of South Dakota: 1993), pp. 231, 233-235.
No. 614. Transverse flute by Rudall & Rose, London, ca. 1824-1837. Five sections. Stamped on body: RUDALL & ROSE / No. 15 PIAZZA / COVENT GARDEN / LONDON; on tuning slide barrel and foot joint: RUDALL & ROSE / LONDON. Serial number 683. Cocus-wood, with silver ferrules. Tuning slide and screw-cap. Metal lining in head joint and tuning slide. Eight silver keys in integral wooden mounts. Closed keys: long c'', B-flat, G-sharp, long F, short F, D-sharp. Articulated, pewter plug keys: c-sharp', c'. Lowest note c'. Total length, 658.7 mm. Sounding length, 583.8 mm. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
Lit.: Amy Shaw Kreitzer, Transverse Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, M.M. Thesis (University of South Dakota: 1993), pp. 221, 231, 232-233.
No. 4345. Transverse flute by Rudall & Rose, London, ca. 1838-1847. Four sections. Stamped on body: (four-petalled flower) / RUDALL & ROSE / No. 1 TAVISTOCK STREET / COVENT GARDEN / LONDON / (four-petalled flower); on tuning slide barrel and foot joint: (four-petalled flower) / RUDALL & ROSE / LONDON / (four-petalled flower). Serial number 191. Cocus wood, with silver ferrules. Tuning slide and screw-cap. Metal lining in head joint and tuning slide. Eight silver keys in integral wooden mounts. Closed keys: long c'', B-flat, G-sharp, long F, short F, D-sharp. Articulated, pewter plug keys: c-sharp', c'. Lowest note c'. Total length, 658.7 mm. Sounding length, 583.8 mm. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.

No. 3515. Transverse flute [distributed] by Rudall & Rose, London, ca. 1847-1850, attributed to Louis Lot. Three sections. Stamped on body: [in scripted style:] Rudall & Rose / Patentees / 38 Southhampton St Strand / London. Silver-plated body, keys, and raised lip plate. No serial number. Screw-cap. 1832 Boehm system. Post and axle supports. Lowest note c'. Total length, 669.2 mm. Sounding length, 592.1 mm. Wayne Sorensen Collection, 1984.

Lit.: Amy Shaw Kreitzer, Transverse Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, M.M. Thesis (University of South Dakota: 1993), pp. 223, 240-242.

"California Collector Donates His Collection," Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter Vol. 10, No. 1 (October 1982), p. 4.

"Wayne Sorensen Donates Distinguished Collection," Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter Vol. 11, No. 1 (October 1983), pp. 2-3.

No. 3791. Transverse flute by Rudall Carte & Co., London, ca. 1893. Three sections. Stamped on body: (crown) / RUDALL CARTE & Co / 23 BERNERS STREET / OXFORD STREET / LONDON; on head and foot joints: (crown) / RUDALL / CARTE & Co / LONDON. Serial number 2470. Cocus-wood, with silver ferrules. Screw-cap. Metal lining in head joint and socket of foot joint. 1867 patented "Boehm and Carte Systems Combined." Post and axle supports. Lowest note c'. Total length 622.1 mm. Sounding length, 542.2 mm. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
Lit.: Amy Shaw Kreitzer, Transverse Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, M.M. Thesis (University of South Dakota: 1993), pp. 226, 243-245.
No. 3792. Piccolo flute by Rudall Carte & Co., London, ca. 1893. Two sections. Stamped on body: RUDALL CARTE & Co / 23 BERNERS STREET / OXFORD STREET / LONDON; on head and foot joints: (crown) / RUDALL / CARTE & Co / LONDON. Serial number 2998. Cocus wood, with silver ferrules. Screw-cap. Metal lining in head joint. 1867 patented "Boehm and Carte Systems Combined." Post and axle supports. Lowest note d'. Total length 292 mm. Sounding length, 240.5 mm. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
Lit.: Amy Shaw Kreitzer, Transverse Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, M.M. Thesis (University of South Dakota: 1993), pp. 226, 245-247.
No. 3208. Transverse flute by Rudall Carte & Co., London, ca. 1900. Four sections. Stamped on body: (crown) / RUDALL CARTE & Co / 23 BERNERS STREET / OXFORD STREET / LONDON; on head- and foot joints: (crown) / RUDALL / CARTE & Co / LONDON. Serial number 3224. Cocus wood, with silver ferrules. Screw-cap. Metal lining in sockets of head- and foot joints. 1847 patented Boehm system, with closed G-sharp and Briccialdi B-flat keys. Post and axle supports. Lowest note c'. Total length 677.7 mm. Sounding length, 609.9 mm. Wayne Sorensen Collection, 1983.
Lit.: Amy Shaw Kreitzer, Transverse Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, M.M. Thesis (University of South Dakota: 1993), pp. 223, 247-249.

"California Collector Donates His Collection," Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter Vol. 10, No. 1 (October 1982), p. 4.

"Wayne Sorensen Donates Distinguished Collection," Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter Vol. 11, No. 1 (October 1983), pp. 2-3.

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