Hello, all.
I'm new here and I'm really enjoying this thread - lots if good info on these Artleys! I have a question about identifying Artleys by model.
jmdewey60 posted a pic that's seems nearly identical to an Artley I'm trying to ID. The serial # is 5 digits (54xxx), dating it to the late 50s. Beyond that, it looks just like jmdewey's pic - open hole, y-arms, c-foot, no markings other than "ELKHART-IND." underneath the Artley logo (except for the graduated 'hash' marks on the head-joint [under the "silver" stamp] for adjustment purposes).
My question is, is this a specific 'model' of Artley flute (like the 50s, 18s, Wilkins etc.)? Or, at this point, was Artley just cranking out generic flutes without differentiating them by model names/numbers?
Thanks.
