Flute, C
Maker
William Camp
Date1837-1840 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on upper middle joint: CAMP / FROM / RUDALL & ROSE / 81 TOTTENHAM CT RD / LONDONOn barrel: CAMP / 81 TOTTENHAM CT RD / LONDON
Lower middle joint and foot: CAMP / LONDON
Markingsnone
DescriptionTropical hardwood body in five sections, with tuning slide in head joint. Simple system keywork, with eight nickel silver keys mounted in turned blocks. The key heads are saltspoons, except for low C and C#, which are pewter plugs that close over square metal plates screwed to the key bed. Graduated wooden screw cork adjuster.
DimensionsOverall length: 669 mm
Embouchure: 11.6 mm x ? (hole is damaged)
Sounding length: 594 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, p. 200-201.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number04338
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