Flute, C
Maker
Rudall, Carte & Company
Date1890-1894 between
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.2470
SignedOn upper middle joint: [crown] / RUDALL / CARTE & Co / 23 BERNERS STREET / OXFORD STREET / LONDONMarkingsOn foot joint and headjoint: (crown) / RUDALL / CARTE & Co / LONDON
DescriptionCocuswood body in three sections. Cylindrical bore. Nickel silver keywork based on Carte's patented 1867 System ("Boehm and Carte Systems Combined"), with this instrument retaining Carte's 1851 design for the left-hand keys. New features include double plates for the right-hand index finger, permitting the use of either the simple system fingering or the Boehm system fingering for F and F-sharp. Silver ferrules. The flute has a matching piccolo (03792).
DimensionsOverall length: 629 mm (24.76 inches)
Sounding length: 550 mm (21.65 inches)
Embouchure hole: 12.1 mm (.476 inches) X 10.6 mm (.417 inches)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesKreitzer, Amy Shaw, Transverse Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, M.M. Thesis (University of South Dakota: 1993), pp. 226, 243-245.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number03791
On View
Not on view
1910-1920 ca.
