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Flute, C

Date: 1785-1823 ca.
Place Made:London, England, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedHead joint: GOULDING & CO / LONDON
All other joints: GOULDING & CO
DescriptionA simple system flute with conical bore. Boxwood body in four sections. One brass key (D#) with square flap with bevelled edges and notched corners. Four ivory ferrules.

Goulding first went into business on his own in 1785. Between 1798-1823, he was in various partnerships with Phipps, D'Almaine, Potter, and Wood, but the name of the firm still often appeared simply as Goulding & Co. It was not until 1823 that the firm became known as Goulding & D'Almaine.
DimensionsOverall length: 598 mm
Embouchure hole: 9.8 mm x 9.3 mm
Sounding length: 531 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Estate, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1988.
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Estate, 1988
Not on view
Published ReferencesAmy Shaw Kreitzer, Transverse Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, MM thesis, University of South Dakota, 1993. p. 91, 92.
Object number: 04611