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Flute, C (composite)
Flute, C (composite)
Flute, C (composite)

Flute, C (composite)

Date1790-1814 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedOn tuning slide barrel: POTTER / JOHNSON'S COURT / FLEET STREET / LONDON
On foot, below patent stamp: WILLM. HENY / POTTER
On both middle joints: POTTER / LONDON
MarkingsOn ivory ferrule on head joint and below tone hole for low C: PATENT

Arabic "5" and "6" stamped on incised, concentric guide marks of screw-cork pin; "4" and "5" stamped on concentric guide marks incised on tenon of slide. "6" stamped on barrel of slide just above signature text (to indicate fully inserted position).
DescriptionA composite instrument, with the foot joint being made by William Henry Potter, and the rest of the flute by his father, Richard Potter. Boxwood body in five sections, with graduated tuning slide in the head joint. Simple system keywork, with six silver keys mounted in turned ring and turned blocks, the channels of which are lined with silver. Key heads are pewter plugs that close over metal-bushed tone holes. Ivory ferrules. Ivory headcap with graduated screw cork adjuster.
DimensionsOverall length: 661 mm
Embouchure: 9.7 mm x 9.5 mm
Sounding length: 587.8 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesKreitzer, Amy Shaw, "Transverse flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900." Masters Thesis, University of South Dakota, 1993, pp. 52, 59, 71-73.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02357
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