F flute. Nominal pitch: E♭.

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Instrument

Transverse flute/Flutes/Wind/Musical Instrument ; Transverse flute

Instrument Family

Wind

Place Made

London ; Europe ; England ; United Kingdom

Date Made

Late 19th Century

Description

Technical description: Cocus; 4 sections (lower body and foot in one piece); german silver keys; 5 german silver ferrules; metal-lined head; tuning-slide; slightly oval embouchure-hole; large roughly-cut R2 finger-hole. Keymount type: rod/pillar, with metal saddles for long shanks. Keyhead type: cup. Overall size: 513 mm Sounding length: embouchure to foot, 439 mm Bore: conical Stamped "London" (in script) / "IMPROVED / BRIGADE / MODEL / F". Performance characteristics: Range D⁴ - B♭⁶ (sounding F⁴ - D♭⁷). Usable pitch: Sounding A⁴ c 451 Hz; probably intended to play at British Army Regulation pitch (1878), A⁴ 451.9 Hz.

Notes

E. Smith, 1986.

Measurements

513.

Provenance

Gift of Mrs G.F. Harris.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

0548