InstrumentTransverse flute |
Instrument FamilyWind |
MakerRudall & Rose |
Place MadeUnited Kingdom; London; England; Europe |
Date Made1838-1847 |
DescriptionTechnical description: Rosewood; 5 sections; silver keys; 7 silver ferrules; metal-lined head; screw-stopper; tuning-slide; oval embouchure-hole; large L2 finger-hole; overlapping low C/C♯ touches.
Keymount type: knob.
Keyhead type: saltspoon, with pewter plugs and metal key-hole surrounds for low C/C♯.
Stamped with flower and "RUDALL & ROSE / NO 1 TAVISTOCK STREET / COVENT GARDEN / LONDON" with flower and "5031". |
Other InformationGeneral usage of type: This instrument and flute (1538) appear to be B♭ tenor flutes, for use in chamber music. They are not band instruments as they have a key mechanism allowing fingerings down to low C (sounding A♭), whereas band instruments descend only to fingered D; neither are they flûtes d'amour in A as this would imply a usable sounding pitch of A₄ c 421 Hz for (981), far below that of other Rudall & Rose instruments of a similar period, cf. flutes (37), (38), (592), (39), (1079). |
NotesE. Smith, 1987. |
Measurements824 |
ProvenanceGovernment Allocation to the University, 1991. |
CollectionC.H. Brackenbury Memorial Collection; MIMEd |
Accession Number0981 |