Identity area
Reference code
OTUFM 46-10
Title
Conical Boehm-style flute in African blackwood : Couesnon, Paris
Date(s)
- [ca. 1880] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 flute
Context area
Name of creator
(1908-)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Item is a flute, made by Couesnon in Paris, with German-silver bands and keywork. Boehm's research led in 1832 to his conical flute, fully vented and with large holes. It is largely regarded as "the greatest landmark of all in the modern history of woodwind design." This is the 1832 flute with the addition of the Briccialdi thumb key.