Flute. Nominal pitch: C.

Noë Frères

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Instrument

Transverse flute

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Noë Frères

Place Made

Paris ; France ; Europe ; Western Europe

Date Made

Early to mid 19th century

Description

Technical description: Rosewood; 5 sections; silver keys; 7 silver ferrules (two of which are now fixed together); wooden cap with decorated mother-of-pearl inlay; ivory screw-stopper; head partially metal-lined; small oval embouchure-hole; small finger-holes; G♯ hole on nearside of body, with C keyshank arched to curve over G♯ keyshank. L0: B♭. L1: T. L2: T. L3: T. L4: G♯. R0:, R1: T; C. R2: T. R3: T; F. R4: D♯. Keymount type: rod/pillar, with crescent- and diamond-shaped base plates screwed into wood. Keyhead type: round, bevelled cup. Repair History: Tuning-slide section [soldered] to head ferrule at socket, and metal lining inserted, extending part-way into head (tuning-slide section stamp now out of line with other inscriptions); tuning-slide section crack roughly glued. Overall size: 626mm Sounding length: embouchure to foot: 546mm Bore: conical Stamped with 5-pointed star or flower / "NOË * FRERES / A PARIS." / 5-pointed star or flower. Performance characteristics: [Original range D⁴ - B♭⁶]. Few notes playable in present condition; those which do speak are in the middle register. Usable pitch: A⁴ = c 440 Hz.

Notes

E. Smith, January 2007.

Measurements

626.

Provenance

Bequest of Sir Nicholas Shackleton, 2006.

Collection

Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

5433

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