Flute in C
Catalogue number: 2.10
Original name: Flute in C.
Type or system: Eight keys.
Maker: Unknown.
Place of origin: Possibly German due to the characteristic end cap, late 19th Century.
Overall size: 655mm.
Technical description: Five sections of ebony or blackwood. Head joint: 150mm (197mm including metal tuning sleeve); barrel: 72mm; upper joint: 217mm; lower joint: 133mm; foot joint: 149mm.
Eight modern-style silver keys mounted by post and axles. Screw tuning stopper; slightly oval embouchure hole; adjacent C/C sharp touches. Silver surrounds to the six finger holes.
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Key work and finger holes |
Finger hole diameter (av.) |
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Left hand thumb |
B Flat |
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Left hand, first finger: |
T; 6.3mm |
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Left hand, second finger: |
T; 6.1mm |
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Left hand, third finger: |
T; G sharp; long F; 5.9mm |
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Right hand, first finger: |
T; C; 7.3mm |
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Right hand, second finger: |
T; 7.3mm |
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Right hand, third finger: |
T; cross F; 5.4mm |
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Right hand, fourth finger: |
E flat; low C sharp; low C |
Faults: Crack the length of barrel and head joint.
Repair history: Re-padded shortly before 2000. Tenons replaced with cork.
Illustration references: See below.
Recording references: Click here
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