Flute, C
Maker
Rudall & Rose
Date1838-1847 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.191
SignedOn body: (quatrefoil) / RUDALL & ROSE / No. 1 TAVISTOCK STREET / COVENT GARDEN / LONDON / (quatrefoil)On barrel and foot: (quatrefoil) / RUDALL & ROSE / LONDON / (quatrefoil)
MarkingsStamped below signature: 191
Description4 sections: headjoint, barrel, body, and foot joint. Cocus(?) wood body with silver keywork and trim. Headjoint and barrel fully lined with metal. Conical bore. Boehm system (1832) with 10 keys (1 plateau key, and 4 rings). Closed keys: B-C trill lever, D and D-sharp trill keys, D-sharp. Articulated keys: C, B, B-flat, G-sharp, F, c-sharp', c'. Lowest note c'. Lowest two keys fitted with pewter plugs, the toneholes for which are encircled with silverplated plates screwed into the toneholes. Rudall & Rose’s patent headjoint with telescoping tuning slide and metal tenons (1832). Nickel-silver endcap, screwed onto headjoint. Silverplated lip plate ferrule inset around the embouchure, entirely encircling the headjoint.
DimensionsOverall length: 670mm
ProvenanceNo known provenance.
Published ReferencesKreitzer, Amy Shaw. "Transverse Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900." M.M. Thesis, University of South Dakota, 1993. (pp. 223, 237-239)
Credit LineGift of Arne B. Larson, 1988
Object number04345
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