Stella della solidarietà Italiana = Star of Italian solidarity : medal
- OTUFM 01-12-4b
- Item
- 1948
Part of Edward Johnson collection
Stella della solidarietà Italiana = Star of Italian solidarity : medal
Part of Edward Johnson collection
Commemoration of Her Majesty's Coronation : medal
Part of Edward Johnson collection
Five-key boxwood flute in F with ivory mounts : Henry Potter, London
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, made by Henry Potter of London, with brass keys, mounted in blocks. This is a typical band flute from the period.
Eight-key cocuswood flute with wide sterling-silver bands : Thomas Prowse, London
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, made by Thomas Prowse in London. The flute has sterling-silver keys with salt-spoon style ends, mounted on blocks. It is a brilliant example of the large-holed flute developed by the great English flutist Charles Nicholson Jr. The historical importance of this model is that Theodore Boehm heard Nicholson playing it during a visit to England in 1831. The epoch-making Boehm flute universally used today was the result.
Sterling-silver Old Model flute : Rudall, Rose, Carte and Co., London
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, made by Rudall, Rose, Cart and Co. in London, with sterling-silver keywork. This model has the same keys as the old eight-key flute.
Ten-key African blackwood flute with ivory head-joint : Stengel, Bayreuth
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, made by Stengel in Bayreuth, with German-silver bands and keywork. This is an ultra-conservative conical-bore model which retains the eighteenth-century fingering, and has finger holes of the small pre-Nicholson type, and a long foot-joint to B. This model was in use for a century after Boehm introduced his cylindrical-bore model, and Wagner preferred it. Such flutes were listed by the German maker Heckel as late as 1931.
Part of J. Churchill Arlidge fonds
Part of Edward Johnson collection
Gold medal of the National Institute of Social Sciences
Part of Edward Johnson collection
One-key boxwood flute with ivory mounts : George Goulding, London
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, made by George Goulding of London, England, with a silver square-ended D-sharp key. Its typical eighteenth-century small embouchure and finger holes produce a sweet and delicate tone. This type of flute was first seen in about 1672 on the European continent, about 1705 in England, and was in general use until 1780.
Boehm-system rosewood flute : Langlois, London
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, made by Langlois in London, with plated brass keys and bands. The flute is an example of Boehm's final model of 1846, with a cylindrical bore and parabolic head-joint.
Ten-key cocuswood flute : Abel Siccama, London
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, designed by Abel Siccama and made in London, with sterling-silver bands and keys with adjustable pad sockets, except for the C and C-sharp keys, which have pewter plugs. The A and E holes are out of direct reach of the fingers, and are covered by keys.
Twelve-key African blackwood flute with ivory head-joint : [London]
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, probably made in London, with German-silver bands and keywork. The flute has a conical bore with small pre-Nicholson holes and eighteenth-century fingering. Its lowest note is B.
Jewel pendant with photograph of J. Churchill Arlidge as a child performer
Part of J. Churchill Arlidge fonds
Officer of the Brazilian National Order of the Southern Cross : medal
Part of Edward Johnson collection
Commander of the Order of the British Empire : medal
Part of Edward Johnson collection
Kommendör av Kungliga Vasaorden = Commander of the Royal Order of Vasa : medal
Part of Edward Johnson collection
Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur = Knight of the Legion of Honour : medal
Part of Edward Johnson collection
Part of Edward Johnson collection
Four-key boxwood flute with ivory mounts : Richard Potter, London
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, made by Richard Potter of London, with sterling-silver keys with pewter plug ends. The head-joint and barrel are metal-lined, with a tuning slide between them.
Six-key boxwood flute with ivory mounts : Isaac Willis, London
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, made by Isaac Willis of London, with sterling-silver keys, the top four of which have square ends and the lower two of which have pewter plug ends.
Eight-key boxwood flute with ivory mounts : William Henry Potter, London
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, made by William Henry Potter in London, with sterling-silver keys with pewter plug ends.
Eight-key cocuswood flute with wide sterling-silver bands : Rudall and Rose, London
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, made by Rudall and Rose in London, with sterling-silver keys with salt-spoon style ends, except for the C and C-sharp keys, which have pewter plugs. The flute is of particular interest in having the 1832 patent head-joint.
Sterling-silver Carte 1851 Patent flute : Rudall, Rose, Carte and Co., London
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, made by Rudall, Rose, Cart and Co. in London, with sterling-silver keywork. This model won the prize medal at the 1851 exhibition.
Cocuswood Carte 1867 System flute : Rudall, Rose, Carte and Co., London
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, made by Rudall, Rose, Cart and Co. in London, with sterling-silver keywork and head lining. The flute was described as "An excellent design, in some ways technically superior to the Boehm." This flute has an extra trill key for C to C-sharp and G to G-sharp.
Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Corona d'Italia = Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy : medal
Part of Edward Johnson collection
Kong Christien den Tiendes Frihedsmedaille = King Christian X's Medal of Freedom : medal
Part of Edward Johnson collection
Four-key boxwood flute with ivory mounts : D'Almaine & Co., London
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, made by D'Almaine & Co. in London, with sterling-silver square-ended keys, mounted on blocks.
Eight-key boxwood flute with ivory mounts : Thomas Prowse, London
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, made by Thomas Prowse of London, with sterling-silver keys with salt-spoon style ends and decorative turning on the head-joint and ends. This is an early model Nicholson flute.
Conical Boehm-style flute in African blackwood : Couesnon, Paris
Part of Fisher flute collection
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.
Eight-key cocuswood flute : Alexander Liddle, London
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, made by Alexander Liddle in London, with German-silver bands and block-mounted keywork. This is a version of Carte's silver "Old Model," and brought the advantages of cylindrical bore to players of the old eight-key flute.
Cocuswood Pratten-system flute : [Boosey, London]
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, likely made by Boosey in London, with German-silver bands and keywork mounted on pillars. Pratten, a celebrated English flutist, developed this system in 1852, and in 1856 Boosey started to make Pratten flutes. This flute has a cylindrical bore with large holes all covered, and is fingered like the eight-keyed flute.
Ten-key flute in plated brass : France
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, made in France, with built-up embouchure and finger holes. Al of the holes are small, except those in the foot-joint. The fingering is the same as the old conical-bored eight-key flute, plus a C and D trill key and an extra vent for F.
Silver-plated brass Borne-Julliot system flute : Djalma Julliot, Paris
Part of Fisher flute collection
Item is a flute, made by Djalma Julliot in Paris. This is Boehm's 1847 model with four additional keys, the latest patent improvements attempted to the standard Boehm flute, which 25 years later had become almost universally used.
Part of Fisher flute collection