Flute. Nominal pitch: C (D♭?).

H Journet

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Instrument

Transverse flute

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

H Journet

Place Made

United Kingdom ; Europe ; England ; London

Date Made

Second half of the 19th century

Description

Technical description: Rosewood; 3 sections (body in one piece); german silver keys; 4 german silver ferrules; screw-stopper with metal pin; large oval embouchure-hole; upper tenon metal, lower tenon metal-tipped; cork-lapped tenons; short lower tenon; modern-style foot mechanism arrangement. Boehm 1847 system fingering except for:-, L0: @I{B; Br B♭. R0:, R1: @I{F; dup B♭; D trill. Keymount type: rod/pillar; needle springs except for L0 keys (leaf). Keyhead type: cylinder cup. Repair History: Head crack filled; thin wire wound around L0 B♭ keyshank.

Notes

E. Smith, January 2007.

Measurements

668.

Provenance

Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

5431