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Pre-Owned Moore-Lamberson Solid Handmade Flute

£3,995.00
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Our Description

Dear friends, colleagues and fellow flute players.

Many of you will have known or heard of Eva Stewart, Principal Piccolo of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales since 2002, who sadly passed away in August 2017 whilst on holiday in Egypt. It was a shock to all who knew her and came completely out of the blue. Eva was a larger than life character, a wonderful human being and an extremely talented musician and, not to put too fine a point on it, "a complete flute nut", enthusiastic about anything flute or piccolo related and fiercely supportive of her students.

I remember vividly our last conversations together, her discussing us supporting a new wind ensemble prize at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama where she taught for many years. The first competition was held in March 2017, with a second planned for summer 2018.

Eva leaves a collection of her instruments which come in all shapes and sizes, and her family have asked us to handle the sale of this personal collection on their behalf. A proportion of the proceeds from this sale will be donated to Eva's favourite charity.

This Moore-Lamberson flute of Eva's is a stunning instrument, with Brosser F# and a brilliant scale.

General Condition

In good condition throughout, this flute plays spectacularly well.

Condition Report

Condition can be highly subjective. This information is to be taken as a guide only. E&OE.

  • Mechanism (1 to 10): 7
  • Padding (1 to 10): 7

About Jack Moore

Jack Moore was a highly-respected flute maker from Elkhart, Indianapolis (a centre of musical instrument making in the USA). He worked with flute masters such as William Bennett, Tom Green and Bick Brannen.

Jack's schooling as an instrument maker began while he was still a schoolboy; he fondly used to speak of how he would go to the Armstrong factory after school where his father worked, and that he would join his father on the bench to produce components for instruments. Jack continued to work at Armstrong, and ultimately rose to become the foreman of the Armstrong Heritage Division (the Heritage flute was the handmade flute built by Armstrong).

Jack Moore's work was and remains legendary; the statement widely made in the flute industry was "Jack can build anything". When at Armstrong he was involved in building Murray system flutes (the Murray system is the logical culmination of Theobald Boehm's work, though it has never really caught on due to its complexity. It makes a number of pieces which cannot be played, playable!). Jack built the prototype Murray flutes at the point in time that Armstrong was thinking of putting them into production.

Jack’s flutes are characterised by a blend of functionality and practicality which one rarely sees in other instruments. Sound-wise, these are very different to other American flutes, while Jack's attention to details on the mechanics was extraordinary; he can almost certainly be credited with putting the WIBB scale on the map.

Specifications

This flute was a joint effort between Jack Moore and Tip Lamberson, two of the finest American flute makers. Tip and Jack were great friends and Tip supported Jack in his early days of production. This is one of only 11 Moore-Lamberson flutes produced.

What's Included

  • Original leather-bound case
  • Just Flutes Nylon C-Foot Case Cover, Black

Item Details

Item number: C125076 (Please quote this Item Number if you contact us about this item)
Serial number: 383***
Manufacturer: Jack Moore
Category: Pre-Owned Professional Flutes

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Unless stated otherwise, all of our pre-owned, ex-demo and ex-display instruments are cleaned and checked, set up or serviced in our workshop prior to sale.

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