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Flute, C
Maker: Thomas Cahusac Sr.
Date: 1780-1798 ca.
Place Made:London, England, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on head joint and barrel: CAHUSAC / STRAND / LONDON
All other joints stamped: CAHUSAC / LONDON
All other joints stamped: CAHUSAC / LONDON
Markingsnone
DescriptionA boxwood flute with six keys. Originally, this flute had one silver key for D# with a pewter plug cover. Five additional silver keys with round, flat covers were later mounted on applied blocks. Three ivory ferrules and ivory head cap. Three metal ferrules are probably later repairs. Tuning features include tuning slide in the head joint, register in the foot joint, and screw cork adjuster, all with graduations marked.
DimensionsOverall length: 601 mm
Embouchure hole: 10.2 mm x 10.6 mm
Sounding length: 526 mm
Embouchure hole: 10.2 mm x 10.6 mm
Sounding length: 526 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Estate, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1988.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Estate, 1988
Not on view
Published ReferencesKreitzer, Amy Shaw, Transverse Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, M.M. Thesis (University of South Dakota: 1993), pp. 37-9. Illus.
Young, Phillip. "Cahusac, Thomas I," 4900 Historical Woodwind Instruments: An Inventory of 200 Makers in International Collections. London: Tony Bingham, 1993, p. 44 (see Y39, Y40).
Young, Phillip. "Cahusac, Thomas I," 4900 Historical Woodwind Instruments: An Inventory of 200 Makers in International Collections. London: Tony Bingham, 1993, p. 44 (see Y39, Y40).
Object number: 04561