InstrumentTransverse flute |
Instrument FamilyWind |
Place MadeLondon; Europe; England; United Kingdom |
Date Made1916 |
DescriptionTechnical description: Cocus; 2 sections (body and foot in one piece); silver keys; 4 silver ferrules and silver disc in cap; thinned, metal-lined head; metal tuning-slide extending from head; raised wooden embouchure-plate with large oval embouchure-hole; metal-lined socket at top of body; modern-style foot mechanism arrangement; the trill keys for R1 and R2 are more usually both allotted to R1 in this system, the present arrangement being referred to in the firm's stock book entry for this instrument as `modern shakes', and elsewhere as `Vivian shakes' (probably referring to the flautist A.P. Vivian (1855-1903), the `shakes' being trill keys). L0: @I{B; B♭. L1: @I{C. L2: @I{A. L3: @I{G♯. L4: @I{G. R0:, R1: @I{PL - F♯; PL - F; D♯ trill. R2: @I{E; D trill. R3: @I{D; F. R4: @I{D♯; low C♯; low C roller. Keymount type: rod/pillar; needle springs except L0 keys (leaf). Keyhead type: cylinder cup. |
NotesE. Smith, January 2007. |
Measurements670 |
Provenancesold by the makers 13 Sep 1916 to "Laming Evans E.E. W".; Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006. |
CollectionMIMEd; Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection |
Accession Number5440 |