Flute. Nominal pitch: C.

W.H. Potter

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Instrument

Transverse flute

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

W.H. Potter

Place Made

England ; Europe ; United Kingdom ; London

Date Made

1809-1814

Description

Technical description: Boxwood; 5 sections; silver keys; 5 ivory ferrules plus cap; graduated, wood-covered tuning-slide; graduated screw-stopper; metal-lined head; oval embouchure-hole; overlapping low C/C♯ touches. Keymount type: ring/knob. Keyhead type: pewter plug, with metal-lined key-holes. Stamped "WILLM. HENY. / POTTER / JOHNSON'S COURT / FLEET STREET / LONDON", with "PATENT" stamped on head ferrule and foot; tuning gradations stamped "4", "5" and "6" on tuning-slide and screw. Overall size: 673mm Sounding length: embouchure to foot, 594mm Bore: conical Stamped "WILLM. HENY. / POTTER / JOHNSON'S COURT / FLEET STREET / LONDON", with "PATENT" stamped on head ferrule and foot; tuning gradations stamped "4", "5" and "6" on tuning-slide and screw. Performance characteristics: Range C⁴ - B♭⁶. All notes speak, mechanism sound, screw-stopper working. Usable pitch: On 6, A⁴ c 442 Hz; on 5, A⁴ c 438 Hz; on 4, A⁴ c 435 Hz.

Notes

E. Smith, 1986.

Measurements

673.

Provenance

Government Allocation to the University, 1991.

Collection

MIMEd ; C.H. Brackenbury Memorial Collection

Accession Number

0964