COLLECTION NAME:
MIMEd (Musical Instrument Museums Edinburgh)
Record
Work Record ID:
0032034
ID Number:
36
ID Date:
14 Sep 1980
Title:
Flute. Nominal pitch: C.
Title Notes:
8 keys.
Creator:
Hill
Production Notes:
Henry Hill and Tebaldo Monzani worked as partners from 1808 to 1829, when the partnership was dissolved. Henry Hill continued the business until his death in 1839, after which it was run by relations until 1845 (Waterhouse 1993, p.175, p.271).
Description:
Technical description: Cocus; 4 sections (lower body and foot in one piece); silver keys; 5 grooved silver ferrules; tuning-slide; metal-lined head; metal embouchure-plate; graduated screw-stopper; thick metal lining to tuning-slide section; slight extension of tuning-slide section grooved to match ferrules (when pulled out); sockets strengthened with inserted band of ivory between metal of ferrule and wood of socket; socket at top of upper body, tenon on head; curved G♯ key with its mount set diagonally on body; large oval embouchure-hole; L2, R1, R2 finger-holes slightly larger than on earlier Monzani models in this collection, i.e. (24), (1219), (30) and (31); linked low C/C♯ touches. The words "patent keys" refer to the pads mounted on central screws of Monzani's 1807 patent. This instrument also includes the strengthened sockets and extended metal tuning-slide received by another metal tube of the 1807 patent; and the lower body and foot in one piece described in Monzani's 1812 patent (G.B. Patent Nos. 3074, 19th October 1807 and 3586, 16th July 1812). Keymount type: knob. Keyhead type: flat discs mounted at centres; flexible, especially for foot keys (to aid seating).
Measurement:
669.
Measurement:
embouchure to foot, 586.
Measurement:
conical.
Production Place:
London
Production Place:
Europe
Production Place:
England
Production Place:
United Kingdom
Repository:
MIMEd
Repository:
Rendall Collection
Repro Link ID:
0032034d
Repro File Type:
Derivative JPEG
Repro Title:
Flute. Nominal pitch: C (Hill) : TOP
Repro Creator Name:
Raymond Parks
Repro Description:
Flute. Nominal pitch: C (Hill) : TOP
Repro Rights Statement:
© The University of Edinburgh
Repro Publication Status:
Full public access
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