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DCM 0011: Claude Laurent / Flute in C
AUTHOR/CREATOR
Claude Laurent
CREATED/PUBLISHED
Paris: 1844
NOTES
Case: DCM ledger: "[Original] inlaid mahogany case lined with red chamois.... Case had been broken, by forcing the lock. Repolished by Vincent & Barstow. Relined with red chamois (like original) by D.C.M."
Key Holes System: Boehm system, with Dorus G# and 5 finger rings for principal rank, post and rod with modern style key cups, direct mount, using Laurent's key post bolting system described by DCM in "Flutes of Glass," see below. Fourth finger ring is split for alternate RH 1st finger B-flat. Hallmarked.
Mark Additional: Mark on head joint. Paper on glass cork reads: Rue J.J. Rousseau No. 28 / Breton Flutes Cristal et bois Boemh [sic] et ordinaires Instruments des tous genres (?) Medaille 1844 (?) Paris
Mark Maximum: C. LAURENT, À PARIS 1844. / PALAIS ROYAL N°. 65. / Breveté
Physical Description: 3 sections, conical, to low C with rollers for C#, C. Safety hook on head joint. This instrument has a unique silver left hand crutch which clips to the body around (or in) any adjacent pair of the decorative flutings.
Provenance: M. J. Kalashen, New York, 14 Sept. 1905.
See "Flutes of Glass," by DCM, The Flutist, July 1925.
SUBJECT
MEDIUM
Green fluted glass, mother of pearl cap, glass cork, silver keys, ferrules and crutch.; 65.5 cm.
PART OF
Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress, Music Division, Washington, D.C. 20540
DIGITAL ID
dcmflute 0011
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/dcmflute.0011
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