Claude Rive Solid Silver Handmade Flute SN 4997 HISTORIC COLLECTION

Claude Rive Solid Silver Handmade Flute SN 4997 HISTORIC COLLECTION. Here's a fine handmade solid silver flute by famed French flutemaker Claude Rive. This instrument is in excellent physical condition but will need cleaning and padwork to be playable. This is from the collection of a well-known researcher and historian of woodwinds who spent a lifetime collecting rare and unique instruments. We are privileged to offer items from this collection for sale.

As this instrument is historically interesting we have chosen to not do restoration work on it and leave that to the eventual owner.