Transverse flute

This instrument was used in Weeley Church, about 1850, and was donated by the owner. It is a side-blown flute made of rosewood of which only four sections remain (head, barrel, top and middle joints), with nickel-silver ferrules and keywork. The missing foot-joint would probably have been a C-foot joint with three extra keys. The head joint and barrel are lined with nickel-silver and the tenon-joint of the head, which extends into the barrel, is also of nickel silver. Currently, there are five saltspoon-cup keys mounted on knobs that have flat springs attached to the keys. The cap is made of wood and it has a wooden threaded screw. The embouchure hole is oval.