Flute, C
Maker
Goulding & Company
Date1785-1823 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on head joint: [lyre] / GOULDING & CO / LONDONStamped on all other joints: GOULDING & CO
DescriptionA simple system flute with conical bore. Boxwood body in four sections.Three ivory ferrules, ivory head cap, and ivory foot cap. One brass key with square, flat cover, mounted on a turned ring.
Goulding first went into business on his own in 1785. Between 1798-1823, he was in various partnerships with Phipps, D'Almaine, Potter, and Wood, but the name of the firm still often appeared simply as Goulding & Co. It was not until 1823 that the firm became known as Goulding & D'Almaine.
DimensionsOverall length: 609 mm
Embouchure hole: 10.4 mm x 9.3 mm
Sounding length: 538 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1983 from J. David Holder, Paradise, California.
Published ReferencesAmy Shaw Kreitzer, Transverse Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, MM thesis, University of South Dakota, 1993, pp. 91, 93, 94.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1983
Object number03247
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