Flute, nominal pitch: C

Bizey

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Instrument

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

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Bizey

Place Made

Paris ; Europe ; France ; Western Europe

Date Made

1716 - c 1750

Description

Technical description: Ivory; 4 sections; silver key; 4 silver ferrules plus cap; small circular embouchure-hole with slight notch in it. Overall size: 614 mm Sounding length: embouchure to foot: 547 mm Bore: conical Keymount type: ring; SATK. Keyhead type: flat square, notched and chamfered. Stamped with small fleur-de-lis and "BIZEY". Performance characteristics: Range D⁴ - A⁶. Plays well throughout range. If the notch in the embouchure-hole is intended to be on the side away from the player, this may indicate that it was played left-handed, but the flute speaks easily either way. Usable pitch: A⁴ c 420 Hz (c 422 Hz). Repair History: Originally SATB; key may be a replacement; embouchure and finger-holes very worn, and may have been altered to raise the pitch of the instrument. Slight cracks in head and foot sockets, not imparing tone production; one ferrule missing: marks on head (clamp marks? imprints of string? plus three oval shapes). Originally SATB; key may be a replacement; embouchure and finger-holes very worn, and may have been altered to raise the pitch of the instrument. Technical drawing available from the Friends of St Cecilia's Hall. Please see http://www.stceciliasfriends.org.uk/

Notes

E. Smith, 1987; A. Powell, 1993.

Measurements

614.

Collection

MIMEd ; Rendall Collection

Accession Number

0011

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