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E12 French Flageolet by Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy
French Flageolet, Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy, Paris (c. 1900).
Identifying mark(s):
“J-T-L / PARIS / 7” on duct joint. “N” at top of main joint.
Description:
This instrument has 8 German silver keys, 6 pillar and axle mounted, 2 in double saddles attached to duct joint ferrule. It has 4 finger holes with rings, 2 thumb holes, lower with ring, upper with metal plate. It also has a RH 3rd-finger rest. The instrument is made in 4 sections.
Materials:
Rosewood, German silver ferrules and bell ring, mother-of-pearl mouthpiece.
Notes:
The initials “J-T-L” in the inscription signify Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy. The flageolet was exhibited at New York Flute Club Exhibition, 1980, as no. I-14, with photograph. It has a very complex key system, unusual on a flageolet, which the New York Flute Club catalog called (only by analogy) “Boehm system.”
Measurements:
Length over-all: 40.7 cm.
Speaking length: 18.5 cm.
Bore: 1.1 cm. at top main joint, 0.95 cm. at end main joint.
Former inventory #: Fipple Flute 6.
E11 Anonymous English Type Flageolet
English Type Flageolet, Anonymous (American?), (c.1900).
Identifying mark(s):
N/A
Description:
This instrument has 6 low-dome, German silver keys, pillar and axle-mounted. It has 6 finger holes.
Materials:
Rosewood with German silver ferrules and bell ring.
Notes:
This is a cheap, mail-order type of instrument. The body is that of a typical 6-key piccolo. It has been provided with a flageolet type head as a “crutch” for beginners.
Measurements:
Length over-all: 39.3 cm. (without mouthpiece).
Speaking length: 25.3 cm.
Bore: 1.6 cm. at top main joint, 0.95 cm. at end main joint.
Former inventory #: Fipple Flute 7.
E10 Walking-Stick Recorder by Ch. Mathieu
Walking-Stick Recorder, Ch. Mathieu, (after 1890)
Identifying mark(s):
“CH. MATHIEU / (star)” on mouth-piece (section with duct).
Description:
This instrument has 6 finger-holes, evenly spaced, and 2 speaking holes on either side below.
Materials:
Consists of two parts: the upper or recorder section sounds through vent holes at its lower end where the solid stick lower part is inserted. The upper recorder section is of a thin metal with a decorative hammered brass head, with a stamped design to simulate a cane top. The blow hole is in the top of this head. The lower section is of solid wood. Both parts are painted to resemble wood.
Notes:
This is a very cheap metal “canne-flûte-à-bec,” for which Mathieu took out a French patent in November, 1890.
Measurements:
Total length: 84.5 cm.
Length of recorder: 38.8 cm.
Speaking length (duct to speaker hole): 25.8 cm.
Bore: 1.1 cm.
Former inventory #: Fipple Flute 13.
E9 French Flageolet by Prosper Colas
French Flageolet, Prosper Colas, Paris (late-19th century.)
Identifying mark(s):
“PROSPER COLAS / A / PARIS” on barrel.
Description:
This instrument has 5 German silver keys, and is pillar and axle-mounted. It has 4 finger holes and 2 thumb holes.
Materials:
Rosewood, German silver ferrules and bell ring.
Notes:
The lower end of the bore is “dished out” to permit the use of R-4 in producing the lowest tone. The flageolet has an atypical key configuration.
Measurements:
Total length: 33.4 cm.
Speaking length: 17.2 cm.
Bore: 1.1 cm. at top main joint, c. 0.9 cm. at end main joint.
Former inventory #: Fipple Flute 4.
E8 Anonymous French Type Flageolet
French Type Flageolet, Anonymous, (mid-19th century?)
Identifying mark(s):
N/A
Description:
This instrument has 5 German silver keys, 3 pillar and axle-mounted, 2 in double German silver saddle attached to the duct joint ferrule. It has 4 finger holes and 2 thumb holes
(upper with German silver bushing).
Materials:
French polished blackwood, with German silver ferrules and bell ring; ivory mouthpiece.
Notes:
The lower end of the bore is “dished out” to permit the use of R-4 in producing the lowest tone. With instrument 13 (Fipple Flute 8), the flageolet is the subject of 425 (Painting 42). It is also described in F. N. and G. N. Eddy, “Four Flageolets,” AMIS Newsletter, vol. 1, no. 4 (Oct. 1972), pp.4-5.
Measurements:
Total length: 36.3 cm.
Speaking length: 16.2 cm.
Bore: 1.15 cm. at top main joint, c. 0.9 cm. at end main joint.
Former inventory #: Fipple Flute 5.
E7 English Flageolet by William Hall & Son
English Flageolet, William & Son/ New York (1848-75)
Identifying mark(s):
“WILLIAM HALL & SON / N. YORK” on top main joint. “D” on duct joint.
Description:
This instrument has one flat, round, brass key mounted in a “bulge” in the wood. It is 6½ finger holes (top one plugged (to half-hole), and 1 thumb hole. The instrument is made in two sections.
Materials:
Fruitwood; ivory mouthpiece.
Notes:
The windway mouth is cut into the back of the upper section. This instrument, found by Ruth Eddy’s brother, is described in F. N. and G. N. Eddy, “Four Flageolets,” AMIS Newsletter, vol. 1, no. 4 (Oct. 1972), pp. 4-5.
Measurements:
Total length: 38.8 cm.
Speaking length: 26.1 cm.
Bore: 1.2 cm. at top of main joint, 1 cm. at end of main joint.
Former inventory #: Fipple Flute 1.
E6 English Double Flageolet by Cowlan
English Double Flageolet, Cowlan; 39 Whitechapel, Liverpool (1822-34).
Identifying mark(s):
“COWLAN / 39 WHITECHAPEL / LIVERPOOL / IMPROV’D / PATENT” on barrel and on fipple joint. “PATENT” on both main joints.
Description:
This instrument has 8 flat, square, brass keys (Young style F), block-mounted, brass cut off keys. It is made in 5 sections.
Material:
Boxwood with ivory ferrules and finger guides (many missing). Bell rings and mouthpiece of different wood.
Notes:
This instrument is described in F. N. and G. N. Eddy, “Four Flageolets,” AMIS Newsletter, vol. 1, no. 4 (Oct., 1972), pp. 4-5. With 2 (Fipple Flute 2), this flageolet is the subject of 424 (Painting 43).
Measurements:
Length over-all: 49.3 cm.
Speaking length: 33 cm. Both tubes are of the same length.
Bore: left tube: 1.45 cm. at top main joint, 1.1 cm. at end main joint. Right tube: 1.5
cm. at top main joint, 1.1 cm. at end main joint.
Former inventory #: Fipple Flute 10.
E5 English Double Flageolet by Bainbridge
English Double Flageolet, BAINBRIDGE / INVENTOR / HOLBORN / HILL / LONDON, (1821-34)
Identifying mark(s):
“BAINBRIDGE / INVENTOR / HOLBORN / HILL / LONDON” on barrel. U.K. coat of arms on fipple joint. “BAINBRIDGE / INVENTOR / 35 / HOLBORN / HILL / LONDON / NEW / PATENT” on fipple joint. “PATENT” on main joints. “NEW / PATENT” on bell joint of longer tube. Also stamped on both tubes: identification of all holes and keys, and finger numbers at holes.
Description:
This instrument has 10 sterling silver keys, block-mounted, 2 sterling silver cut-off key. The instrument has 4 finger holes on the B tube, 7 finger holes on D# tube (no thumb holes). It is made in 5 sections.
Material:
Boxwood with ivory ferrules, bell rings, and mouthpiece, ivory finger guides.
Notes:
This double flageolet is one of the prizes of the Collection. Bainbridge apparently originated the double flageolet, in which two instruments of different pitches are placed side by side, with a single mouthpiece. The two could be played simultaneously in thirds or, with an increase of wind pressure to overblow the lower-pitched pipe, in sixths. A cut-off key allows one pipe or the other to be silenced.
Measurements:
Length over-all: 53.2 cm. Speaking length: D# tube, 34.5 cm.; B tube, 38.3 cm.
Bore: D# tube: 1.5 cm. at top main joint, 1.2 cm. at end main joint. B tube: 1.6 cm. at
top main joint, 1.1 cm. at end bell joint.
Former inventory #: Fipple Flute 9.
E1 Recorder by H. Wrede
Recorder (formerly a flageolet?), H. Wrede, London (c.1810-57)
Identifying mark(s):
Stamped “H. WREDE / LONDON” on the duct joint.
Description:
This instrument has one flat, square, brass key (Young type R) mounted in a “bulge” in the wood. It has 6½ finger holes (with the top hole plugged to create a half-hole), and 1 thumbhole. The instrument is made in two sections.
Materials:
Boxwood, ivory.
Notes:
This flageolet has been turned into a recorder by carving the tenon of the duct joint into a recorder mouthpiece — or else it is a recorder with a very strange mouthpiece joint. The bore at the end is narrow like a recorder’s.
Measurements:
Total length: 31.34 cm.
Speaking length: 26.95 cm.
Bore: At the end of the main joint, 0.7 cm
Former inventory #: Fipple Flute 11.
E4 Anonymous English Type Flageolet
English Flageolet, Anonymous, (mid-19th century.)
Identifying mark(s):
N/A
Description:
This instrument has one flat, round, brass key mounted in wood “bulge”. It has 7 finger holes, 1 thumb hole. This instrument is made in 2 sections.
Material:
Stained fruitwood
Notes:
N/A
Measurements:
Length over-all: 30.3 cm.
Speaking length: 26.6 cm.
Bore: 1.1 cm. at top main joint, 0.85 cm. at end main joint.
Former inventory #: Fipple Flute 12.