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Flute. Nominal pitch: C.

Technical description: Blackwood; 3 sections (body in one piece); german silver keys; 4 german silver ferrules; screw-stopper; metal-lined sockets; metal-tipped upper tenon; slim leaf-shaped keytouches; small finger-holes with large holes for D trill and on foot; asymmetrical oval embouchure-hole; adjacent low C/C? keytouches positioned below D? touch, with roller from low C to low C? touch; although adjacent to R3, the small F? vent key introduced by Tulou to sharpen F? should be played with R4, as specified in his tutor (Tulou ed. Boland/Cannon 1835/53/1995, p.32). L0: B?. L1: T. L2: T. L3: T; alt C. L4: G?; long F. R1: T; C; D trill. R2: T; E trill. R3: T; cross F. R4: D?; low C?; low C; F? vent. Keymount type: rod/pillar; needle springs except for B?, G?, cross F, long F, F? vent (leaf). Keyhead type: shallow, round cup. Repair History: Metal bands added round head and foot to inhibit cracks; embouchure-hole probably enlarged on one side, from a circle.Technical description: Blackwood; 3 sections (body in one piece); german silver keys; 4 german silver ferrules; screw-stopper; metal-lined sockets; metal-tipped upper tenon; slim leaf-shaped keytouches; small finger-holes with large holes for D trill and on foot; asymmetrical oval embouchure-hole; adjacent low C/C♯ keytouches positioned below D♯ touch, with roller from low C to low C♯ touch; although adjacent to R3, the small F♯ vent key introduced by Tulou to sharpen F♯ should be played with R4, as specified in his tutor (Tulou ed. Boland/Cannon 1835/53/1995, p.32). L0: B♭. L1: T. L2: T. L3: T; alt C. L4: G♯; long F. R1: T; C; D trill. R2: T; E trill. R3: T; cross F. R4: D♯; low C♯; low C; F♯ vent. Keymount type: rod/pillar; needle springs except for B♭, G♯, cross F, long F, F♯ vent (leaf). Keyhead type: shallow, round cup. Repair History: Metal bands added round head and foot to inhibit cracks; embouchure-hole probably enlarged on one side, from a circle.

  • Date:
    Circa 1851 - 1927, probably 2nd half of the 19th century, and possibly the early part of this period (France adopted Diapason Normal, A? 435Hz, in 1859).
  • Maker:
    Martin Frères [Corporation]
  • Collection:
    University of Edinburgh
  • Inventory number:
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  • Place of production:
    Paris/France
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.121.2 Partly-stopped side-blown flutes
  • Measurements:673