£1,000 - £1,500
American silver flute stamped Haynes-Schwelm Co. Boston-31-Mass 9159, 1920, each part marked Sterling, 66.5cm overall, case
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** Albert Cooper supplied the following information in November 1973 when restoring and re-tuning the instrument to his famous 'Cooper Scale', the tuning system developed for James Galway.
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** This flute was manufactured in Boston in about 1920 and made by George W Haynes, the brother of William S Haynes who was the works manager, these brothers separated after a dispute and George went into partnership with Schwelm, a Boston clarinet maker
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** All of George's flutes are of the German-American style, tend to look alike, and always play well
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** from the collection of a local flute collector, performer and teacher, himself a student of James Galway
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