G flute. Nominal pitch: F.

C Gerock

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Instrument

Transverse flute

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

C Gerock

Place Made

London ; England ; Europe ; United Kingdom

Date Made

1805-1823

Description

Technical description: Boxwood; 4 sections; brass key; 4 ivory ferrules; slightly oval embouchure-hole. Keymount type: ring. Keyhead type: flat square, notched and chamfered. Overall size: 467 mm Sounding length: embouchure to foot, 409 mm Bore: conical Stamped with tudor rose and "C. GEROCK / LONDON". Performance characteristics: Range D⁴ - A⁶ (sounding G⁴ - D⁷). D⁴, E⁴, E⁵ and E⁶ (sounding G⁴, A⁴, A⁵, A⁶) very flat. Speaks well throughout range but intonation uneven (cork not readily movable). Usable pitch: Sounding A⁴ c 450 Hz. General usage of type: This appears to be a late version of the "little quartflöte" mentioned by Quantz (1752/1985, p.34). Christopher Addington suggested that these were `probably played mostly in France, as descant members of the three-piece flute consort' (Addington 1984, p.43).

Other Information

General usage of type: This appears to be a late version of the "little quartflöte" mentioned by Quantz (1752/1985, p.34). Christopher Addington suggested that these were `probably played mostly in France, as descant members of the three-piece flute consort' (Addington 1984, p.43).

Notes

E. Smith, 1986.

Measurements

467.

Provenance

Purchased with assistance from the Government's Local Museums Purchase Fund and the University's General Council Trust, 1983.

Collection

Glen Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

0010

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