McCartney Times

Instruments once owned by a jazz flute player who played music for The Beatles and on the 1970s BBC children’s programme Mr Benn are to be sold.

Ray Swinfield, who played on The Beatles’ Penny Lane song, died in October 2019 at the age 79.

His collection of 48 flutes and woodwind instruments will be sold at Corsham, Wiltshire.

It has been valued at £31,000 with the flute used on Penny Lane valued at between £1,800 and £2,500.

Mr Swinfield, who played with a host of music starts including Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Tom Jones and Liza Minelli during his 50-year career, also worked on television shows such as Top of the Pops and Strictly Come Dancing.

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Source: Beatles and Mr Benn flute player collection for sale – BBC News