Flute, C
Maker
Richard Potter
Date1785-1800 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedOn tuning slide barrel: POTTER / JOHNSON'S COURT / FLEET STREET / LONDONOn upper middle joint, lower middle joint, and foot: POTTER / LONDON
MarkingsOn ivory mount of head and foot: PATENT
Stamped, concentric guide marks on screw-cork pin; "4" and "5" stamped on concentric guide marks on tenon of slide? (slide could not be removed from head "6" stamped on barrel of slide just above signature text (to indicate fully inserted position). "4", "5", and "6" stamped on concentric rings of foot register.
DescriptionBoxwood body in four joints, with graduated tuning slide in head joint and register in foot joint. Simple system keywork, with four silver keys mounted on turned blocks and turned ring, the channels of which are lined with brass. The key heads are pewter plugs that close over metal-bushed tone holes. Ivory ferrules. Graduated ivory screw cork adjuster. The precise model of flute represented in the specifications for Potter's landmark flute patent of 1785.
DimensionsOverall length: 599 mm
Embouchure: 9.9 mm x 9.8 mm
Sounding length: 528.4 mm
ProvenanceObtained from Ellis Houghton, Newvcastle-Upon-Tyne, England.
Published ReferencesKreitzer, Amy Shaw, "Transverse flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900." Masters Thesis, University of South Dakota, 1993, p.52, 59, 69-71.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02360
On View
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1785-1825 ca.
