Wind Blown Instruments

Intro copy

 

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.