Flute, C
Distributor
Bland & Weller
Date1792-1818 ca.
Place DistributedLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on barrel, both middle joints, and foot : BLAND & WELLERMarkingsnone
DescriptionBoxwood body in five sections, with graduated tuning slide in the head joint. The head joint is fully lined with brass. Simple system, originally with one pewter plug key for D# (now missing). Although the key bed is square, the metal-bushed tone hole indicates the key was a pewter plug. Ivory ferrules.
DimensionsOverall length: 24.25 inches (616 mm)
Embouchure hole: .395 inches (10 mm) x .358 inches (9.1 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. 122-123.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number04336
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