Flute. Nominal pitch: C.

P.A. Carlson

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Instrument

Transverse flute

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

P.A. Carlson

Place Made

Northern Europe ; Europe ; Sweden

Date Made

Ante 1822-1843

Description

Technical description: Blackwood; 4 sections; silver keys; 4 ivory ferrules plus cap; screw-stopper; large, irregularly-shaped embouchure-hole; overlapping low C/C♯ touches. R0: Keymount type: knob. Keyhead type: flat square. Repair History: Head crack glued and pinned, and silver band added at socket to inhibit crack; upper foot ferrule crack glued; embouchure- and finger-holes roughly enlarged; cross F hole plugged with cork.

Notes

E. Smith, January 2007.

Measurements

692.

Provenance

Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

5409