!A friend of mine bought an Artley flute from a pawn shop in Bucharest. Now that would be a normal, nice story, if it wasn't for a few glitches in the Matrix.
Now, the flute (after some discussions about it) is actually in D. But it has the normal Artley / Elkhart Ind. on it (yet no model number). Serial number is 50288, which would mean it's from 1958. Also, it's stamped underneath the rods - i meant what I said - underneath the rods
. The footjoint is also stamped 50288. The headjoint is only stamped 288. It came with rubber pads. The basic question we have is : Why is it in D ? "Am I doing this wrong ?" - to quote my friend. In the process, other questions may be answered, such as if it could be a custom job. Why would it surface in Bucharest, of all places ? And since it's in D, what sort of music was it made for ? I'm thinking some freaky experimental marching band jazz from the fifties ? I don't know 
Any other questions you may have, fire away.
Two pictures are here : http://imgur.com/QEESfdg,3yYjPjf#0
