Flute, C
Maker
Goulding & Company
Date1804-1810 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on head joint only: GOULDING & CO / NEW – BOND ST / LONDONStamped on other three joints: GOULDING & CO
Markingsnone
DescriptionA simple system flute with conical bore. Boxwood body in four sections. Four ivory ferrules and ivory head cap. Originally, four brass keys were mounted on turned blocks and turned ring (D#, F, G#, and B-flat). The G# key, however, has not survived.
DimensionsOverall length: 600 mm
Embouchure hole: 10.8 mm x 12.2 mm
Sounding length: 530 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesAmy Shaw Kreitzer, Transverse Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, MM thesis, University of South Dakota, 1993, pp. 91, 95-96.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number04292
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1625-1675 ca.