Flute in C
Catalogue number: 2.7
Original name: Flute in C.
Type or system: Five keys.
Maker: Unknown.
Place of origin: Probably England, late 19th Century.
Overall size: 615mm.
Technical description: Five sections, probably blackwood. Head joint: 168mm (206mm including metal tuning sleeve); barrel: 62mm (77mm including metal tuning sleeve); upper joint: 212mm; lower joint: 37mm; foot joint: 92mm.
Five modern-style silver keys mounted by posts and axles without plates; “Continental” style metal fittings on ends of tenons. Metal telescopic tuning slide; screw stopper; slightly oval embouchure hole.
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Key work and finger holes |
Finger hole diameter (av.) |
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Left hand thumb: |
B Flat key |
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Left hand, first finger: |
T; 6.6mm |
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Left hand, second finger: |
T; 6.6mm |
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Left hand, third finger: |
T key; 5.5mm |
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Right hand, first finger: |
T key; 6.7mm |
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Right hand, second finger: |
T; 6.7mm |
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Right hand, third finger: |
T; Long F key; 5.4mm |
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Right hand, fourth finger: |
D sharp / E flat key |
Faults: Barrel and foot joints, both repaired. The instrument is slightly warped. Crack on inside of barrel (joints leaking air), crack on outside of foot-joint.
Repair history: Tenons have been replaced with cork. Key touch pieces have been backed with cork.
Usable pitch: Plays at a’ = 440 Hz.
Recording references: Click here
Illustration references: See below
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