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Flute, C
Maker: William Camp
Date: 1837-1840 ca.
Place Made:London, England, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on upper middle joint: CAMP / FROM / RUDALL & ROSE / 81 TOTTENHAM CT RD / LONDON
On barrel: CAMP / 81 TOTTENHAM CT RD / LONDON
Lower middle joint and foot: CAMP / LONDON
On 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
Embouchure: 11.6 mm x ? (hole is damaged)
Sounding length: 594 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesAmy Shaw Kreitzer, Transverse Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, MM thesis, University of South Dakota, 1993, p. 200-201.
Object number: 04338