Flute. Nominal pitch: C.

Renton
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Alternative Title

Flute.

Instrument

Transverse flute

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Renton

Place Made

Edinburgh; Europe; Scotland; United Kingdom

Date Made

1817, according to hallmarks

Description

Technical description: Rosewood; 4 sections (lower body and foot in one piece); silver keys; 6 grooved silver ferrules; screw-stopper with ivory screw and graduated silver pin; tuning-slide (no gradations) extending from head only, head not metal-lined; upper socket of tuning-slide section metal-capped; cork-lapped tenons; medium-sized, almost circular embouchure-hole; pronounced conical shape to upper part of head; overlapping low C/C♯ touches; long F keyshank is highly arched for no apparent reason unless the player habitually rested the tip of R4 on the instrument. L1: @I{T; C; dup B♭. L2: @I{T. L3: @I{T; cross F. L4: @I{D♯; low C♯; low C. R0: @I{B♭. R1: @I{T. R2: @I{T. R3: @I{T. R4: @I{G♯; long F. Keymount type: knob, with metal-lined channels for low C/C♯. Keyhead type: flat square/rectangle, with saltspoon for D♯ and pewter plugs for low C/C♯; metal key-hole surrounds for all foot keys.

Notes

E. Smith, 2008.

Measurements

667

Provenance

Purchased with funds from the Thomson-Dunlop Bequest, 2007.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

5730

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