Double flageolet. Nominal pitch: B♭ (three-finger tonic).

Simpson

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Instrument

Double flageolet

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Simpson

Place Made

London ; England ; United Kingdom ; Europe

Date Made

Circa 1826 - c 1830

Description

Technical description: Boxwood; 5 sections; silver keys and 2 cutters; ivory ferrules, mouthpiece and studs; left-hand pipe has 6 finger-holes (top one containing ebony plug), and keys for D, F, D[♯]and low C♯; right-hand pipe has 4 finger-holes, keys for C (thumb, with ebony plug in key-hole), B, F and D♯, and vent-hole at foot; two-part wind-cap. Keymount type: knob. Keyhead type: 7 flat octagonal, 1 open-standing round flat for low C♯. Stamped on lower part of cap "SIMPSON / PATENT"; stamped on head section "SIMPSON / PATENT" and "260. REGENT STREET / OXFORD STREET / LONDON"; stamped on each pipe "SIMPSON / PATENT / SIMPSON"; stamped with note names by keyheads for D, F and D♯ (stamped "D") on LH pipe, and B and F on RH pipe. Performance characteristics: Lowest six-finger note (LH pipe) sounds F⁵. Usable pitch: Sounding A⁴= c 441 Hz (c 5 cents above A⁴ = 440 Hz).

Notes

Edgar Hunt, 1985; Arnold Myers, 1982; E. Smith, 2010.

Measurements

398.

Provenance

Bought by H.I. Brackenbury from H. Godley. ; Government Allocation to the University, 1991.