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Tenor flute, A-flat
Alternate name:Alto flute, A-flat
Alternate name:Flûte d'amour, A-flat
Maker: Tebaldo Monzani
Date: 1808-1819 ca.
Place Made:London, England, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedOn head: [Crown] / MONZANI / NO [24] DOVER ST / LONDON / B
On lower middle joint and foot joint: [Crown] / MONZANI / B
On upper middle joint: [Crown] / MONZANI'S / PATENT / KEYS / B
On lower middle joint and foot joint: [Crown] / MONZANI / B
On upper middle joint: [Crown] / MONZANI'S / PATENT / KEYS / B
MarkingsOn key flaps: [Crown]
DescriptionDark-stained boxwood in four sections. Simple system keywork, originally with four silver keys (D#, F, G#, B-flat) with square heads, mounted in a turned ring and turned blocks. However, the D# key has not survived. The pads consist of a flat piece of leather pierced by a screw attached to the key head, and secured by a disc-like button. The tenons point downwards (in other words, the head joint carries a tenon, rather than the usual socket). Ivory ferrules and screw cork adjuster. These larger flutes were used for chamber music, such as a number of trios arranged for third flute in E-flat, concert flute, and tenor flute, published by Monzani.
DimensionsOverall length: 762 mm
Embouchure: 12.2 mm (0.482 in) x 10.4 mm (0.409 in)
Embouchure: 12.2 mm (0.482 in) x 10.4 mm (0.409 in)
ProvenancePurchased in 1948 from Alec Hodsdon, Lavenham, Suffolk, England.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesKreitzer, Amy Shaw, Transverse Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, M.M. Thesis (University of South Dakota, 1993), pp. 135, 140, 146-149.
Object number: 03784