Flute. Nominal pitch: C (or D♭).

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Instrument

Transverse flute

Instrument Family

Wind

Date Made

Late 19th Century

Description

Technical description: Cocus; 3 sections; german silver keys; 4 german silver ferrules; screw-stopper; no tuning-slide, but upper tenon long with metal lining and outer casing plus cork lapping; lower tenon short with metal outer casing; oval embouchure-hole; medium-sized finger-holes; leather-covered pads; modern-style foot mechanism arrangement. L0: @I{B♭. L1: @I{T. L2: @I{T. L3: @I{PL - G. L4: @I{G♯; long F. R1: @I{T; C. R2: @I{T. R3: @I{PL - D; cross F. R4: @I{D♯; low C♯; low C. Keymount type: rod/pillar, with needle springs for covered action, G♯, cross F and foot keys; leaf springs for B♭, C, long F. Keyhead type: shallow cup for 8-key action; cylinder cup for covered action. Repair History: Foot may not be original (wood appears to be different, fits poorly, but mechanism and ferrule match design of other sections).

Notes

E. Smith, 10.07.99.

Measurements

663

Provenance

Formerly owned by Clifford Musgrave, an uncle by marriage of the donor; Musgrave was a skilled amateur flautist and collected flutes. Said to have belonged to the flautist Eli Hudson (1877-1919), although he used the Carte 1867 system for part of his career (Toff 1979, p.229). ; Gift of Mrs Elizabeth Fowler, 1999.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

3872