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Flute, C

Maker Philip Borkens

Date1725-1750 ca.

Place MadeAmsterdam, Netherlands, Europe

Serial No.none

SignedStamped on all joints: [crown] / P BORKENS / [lion rampant]
On head above socket; below key flap of foot; on upper joint above tone hole no.
1; on heart piece below tone hole no. 4.

Markingsnone
DescriptionBoxwood body in four sections. One brass key with trapezoidal flap, mounted in a turned ring. Ivory mounts.

According to Bouterse (Dutch Woodwind Instruments and their Makers, 1660-1760), there is no indication where Borkens apprenticed and yet his surviving instruments are of the highest quality.
DimensionsOverall length: 648 mm
Sounding length: 572 mm
Embouchure: 11.4 x 9.4 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1994 from Michael Latcham, The Hague, The Netherlands, who purchased it from an antique shop in The Netherlands.
Published ReferencesJan Bouterse, Dutch Woodwind Instruments and their Makers, 1660-1760 (Utrecht: Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 2005). Includes comprehensive study of extant Borkens instruments, including the NMM's example.

Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1994

Object number05795

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