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Flute, E-flat

Alternate name:Third flute, E-flat

Alternate name:Band flute, E-flat

Maker: attributed to William Blackman

Date: 1840-1860 ca.

Place Made:London, England, Europe

Serial No: none

SignedStamped on barrel: [illiegible] F / IMPROVED / LONDON

Markingsnone

DescriptionTropical hardwood (cocus?) body in four sections, with tuning slide in head joint. Simple system keywork, with five nickel-silver keys (D#, F, G#, B-flat, and C) with saltspoon key heads, mounted in a turned ring and turned blocks. Nickel-silver ferrules. The signature on this instrument is not legible, but it was probably made by William Blackman.

DimensionsOveral length: 512 mm
Embouchure: 11.2 x 10.0 mm

ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.

Terms

Third flute

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), p. 211-212.

Object number: 03933