Wind Blown Instruments
Pierre Naust, Flute d’Amore, c.1721
Replica by Stefan Beck.
Original at Musee de la Musique, Paris, France.
Anonymous, Ivory Flute, 1725
English, one square key.
Quance, Flute, c.1750
Replica by Stefan Beck.
Pitch – A:415
Original at Kopenick Castle, near Berlin, Germany.
Thomas Collier, Flute, c.1760
London, England
Boxwood and ivory.
Goulding & Co., Flute, c.1800
London, England.
Boxwood and ivory, 1 key, ivory rings.
John Parker, Flute, c.1800
London, England
Boxwood, 1 square key.
Anonymous, Flute, c.1820
Granadilla wood, 8 keys.
Gottlieb Ludwig Zenker, Boxwood Flute, c.1835
Dresden, Germany
This is a very rare and interesting flute. It is basically a 4-key flute with a D foot and three corps de rechange; Also with an added C foot and a Ckey added to the middle joint. 4 to 8 keys depending on the configuration. A “high-pitch” instrument.
Goulding d’Almaine Potter & Co., Flute, c.1810
London, England
Boxwood and ivory, 7 keys, ivory rings.
Anonymous, Boxwood Flute, c.1840
European boxwood with ivory rings, 4 keys.
Anonymous, German Flute, c.1850
Low pitch, 9 keys, granadilla wood, fully reconditioned.
Marked “LP,” “C,” and “Made in Germany.” Unidentified makers stamp (with harp and decorated “S”).
Anonymous, Flute, c.1860
Boxwood, 1 key.
H. F. Meyer, Flute, c.1885
Hannover, Germany
Blackwood, 10 keys.
Anonymous, Flute, c.1900
Granadilla wood, ivory head joint, 10 keys.
Anonymous, Flute, c.1900
Marked “Marca” [Picture of shield] “Fabrica”. Blackwood, 6 keys.
Anonymous, Flute, c.1900
Granadilla wood, 6 keys.
Anonymous, Flute, c.1900
Granadilla wood, 8 keys.
Eisenbrant, Flute, c.1835
Baltimore, Maryland Rosewood and silver, 8 keys.
This flute has a special shank for the low C key which, with its sweeping double curves, is quite rare.
Stowasser, Flute, c.1910
Budapest, Hungary
12 keys, metal head joint, blackwood body.
Anonymous, Flute, c.1900
Germany
Granadilla wood, ivory head joint, 10 keys.
Anonymous, Piccolo, c.1900
Germany
6 pillar-mounted keys, ivory head joint, 3 sections, with case.
Anonymous, Piccolo, c.1900
6 keys.
Anonymous, Piccolo, c.1900
Granadilla wood, 6 keys.
Wm. S. Haynes, Piccolo, c.1918
Boston, Massachusetts
Ab Piccolo, plateau system.
This piccolo was produced for the Boston Fire Department, Fife & Drum Corp.
Anonymous, Piccolo, c.1890
4 keys.
Anonymous, Piccolo, 1870
England
Rosewood, 1 key, 2 sections.
Anonymous, Piccolo, c.1890
Rosewood, 6 keys.
George Cloos, Piccolo, c.1900.
Granadilla wood, ivory head joint, 6 keys.
Mollenhauer, Soprano Recorder, c.2018
Denner model, pearwood.
Mollenhauer, Alto Recorder, c.2018
Denner model, pearwood.
Mollenhauer, Tenor Recorder, c.2018
Denner model, pearwood.
Mollenhauer, Bass Recorder, c.2018
Denner model, pearwood.