Flute, C
Maker
Louis Lot
Date1889
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
ModelModel 5 silver cylinder flute with C foot
Serial No.4776
SignedStamped on head: L.L / LOUIS LOT / PARIS / 4776 / BREVETÉStamped on body below socket: L.L / LOUIS LOT / PARIS / BREVETÉ
MarkingsHallmarks: two: diamond shape H. Villette with “E#C” for E. Chambille in center and rounded boar's head (which means "silver of Paris”)
Hallmarks do not distinguish the maker, but rather the owners. E. Chambille was the senior owner of the company during the E. Barat era.
Found on:
Head: lip plate right side edge and just below end cap
Body: top ferrule of socket and on sides of following keys: LH thumb Bb, LH thumb C, G#, Bb trill
Foot: bottom most ferrule
Description3 sections: headjoint, one-piece body and barrel, and foot joint. Cylindrical Boehm system with open holes. French silver (Britannia silver) body and keywork. Seamed tubing. Soldered toneholes. 15 touchpieces. Inline G. Closed G-sharp. Briccialdi B-flat key. Trill keys: B-flat, D, D-sharp. C-foot.
This Boehm system flute belonged to Geroges Laurent, principal flutist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) under Serge Koussevitzky. Louis Lot refined Clair Godfroy’s version of the Boehm flute, introducing elements still used today:
open-tone holes and the embouchure plate. Many famous U.S. and European flutists owned Lot flutes.
DimensionsTotal assembled length (from top to bottom, not including endcap): 666 mm
Acoustical length (from center of embouchure hole to bottom): 600 mm
Head (not including endcap): 177 mm
Body: 359 mm
Foot: 130.0 mm
Inner Bore at very top of head, cap removed: 16.9 mm
Inner Bore at end of head joint: 19.2 mm
Inner Bore at bottom of body: 19.1 mm
Inner Bore at bottom foot joint: 18.9 mm
Embouchure hole diameter (length X width): 12.0 X 10.2 mm
Tubing thickness: 0.0139-0.014 inch
ProvenanceEx-coll.: Roger Mather, Iowa City, Iowa.
Previously owned by Georges Laurent (1886-1964), principal flutist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) under Koussevitzky, from 1919 to 1952.
Published ReferencesNMM catalog: _As Good as Gold: The First 50 Years (1973-2023)_. Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2023. (pp. 78, 84-85)
Credit LineGift of Betty Bang Mather, in honor of her husband, Roger Mather, 2013
Object number14792
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