The following flutes are offered for sale  to customers worldwide. We regularly ship to Germany, Italy, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, etc. At the moment we are not able to send to USA due to import duty uncertainties.

Flutes sent to customers in the United Kingdom come with a 14-day return period, so you can try the flute at home and in your regular settings.

We no longer have an online checkout, due to the high processing costs, and continued customers' problems with card payments. Instead, we send an invoice that can be paid by bank transfer, IBAN, or WISE. This is a secure system that we believe is better for all, and which ensures the safety of your payment while allowing immediate refunds when a flute is returned.

Recent sales include:

Rudall & Rose 1832 conical ring key, early example with Dorus G sharp, cocus with silver mechanism

Rudall Carte one-piece thinned-throughout cocus with silver mechanism made c1955

Rudall Carte 'American' model cocus with silver mechanism made in 1883

Rudall Carte cocus with silver mechanism made in 1907

Flutemakers Guild silver piccolo to C

N.B. Many Rudall Cartes are sold to our waiting list before reaching the website. So, if you do not see what you are looking for, please  contact us and we will seek out the flute you require. 

Please contact us if you require more information or wish to purchase a flute.

This delightful Louis Lot flute is in excellent playing condition. That Louis Lot continued to produce these flutes in the 1890s shows there was still a demand for the lightness and immediacy of Boehm's original 1832 design. This flute retains the teardrop Eb touchpiece and adds a RH1 long Bb. The silver-plated mechanism has a robust feel even as it appears delicate. All toneholes are intact and there are no cracks apart from a repaired hairline in the head away from the embouchure hole. The flute has been recently overhauled and fitted with soft leather pads. Altogether a piece of stylish Parisian magic!

This lovely Louis Lot piccolo comes with a receipt for its sale in 1901, for the sum of £4/4/- (four guineas). It plays very nicely. At some point it was converted to open G sharp, but the original key was left in place so the conversion back to closed G sharp would be straight-forward. The piccolo is in good playing order.

This remarkable alto flute, with corps do rechange for A and Bb, was commissioned by the present owner from George Ormiston in 2006, and bears Edinburgh hallmarks for that year. It is beautifully crafted and is rich and sonorous. We have adjusted the padding and prepared it for sale.

Thomas Prowse was one of the most colourful flutemakers in early-Victorian London, with a penchant for vociferous self-promotion. This lovely instrument, however, needs no hyperbole, for it is simply an excellent example of an 8-key flute of that era. The wood has a lovely grain and no cracks. All blocks are whole and original. The keys are also complete and original. Fitted with modern pads, the flute plays with a big voice at A=440 with the tuning slide out about 13mm.

This unique Rudall Carte was rebuilt probably in the 1960s, when the superb pinless mechanism was made for the right hand mechanism. It is the work of a top ex-Carte craftsman such as Harry Seeley. We repadded this flute a couple of years ago, and have given it a service ready for sale. It plays as well as it looks!

This high pitch Rudall Carte is in such lovely original condition that we couldn't resist offering it for sale for its owner. The inscription is still crisp and the flute is in excellent condition. In playing order, the flute would benefit from a service (clean, oil, & regulate). Pads are old but serviceable. The unlined headjoint gives a lovely rich and clear sound.

This unusual Rudall Carte, though made at high pitch, has been used for many years by the present owner with a specially-made headjoint that is longer than usual, with a nice collar of similar length. This brings the pitch down, allowing the flute to be played with other modern instruments, while the owner has mastered the difference this makes to intonation.

This lovely flute by John Simpson is offered in excellent condition and good playing order, having been restored by Hammy Hamilton. Plays at A=440 with tuning slide out around 12mm. Simpson operated from this address at 266 Regent Street from around 1830 until his death in 1869. His flutes are of the highest quality.

We are offering this flute for sale simply because it is so well made and is complete and original, including the two tenon caps. A. Wunderlich was a member of a family of woodwind makers and his flutes are rare but of the highest handmade quality. This example has no damage and plays easily with a warm voice. The headjoint, with its ebonite bushed embouchure, is particularly good. When played with one of our Haswell headjoints the flute plays easily up to pitch - and really sings!

Please  contact us if you require more information or wish to purchase a flute.

We will send you an invoice with details of how to pay by bank transfer, IBAN, etc.

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