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A descriptive catalogue of the musical instruments recently exhibited at the Royal Military Exhibition, London, 1890 …, 1891
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1of the maker, F. Boie, the word "Quantz" is written in ink. See plate I., fig. G. In the year 1726, while staying in Paris, Quantz invented a second d'♯ key, not only in order to make the enharmonic difference between d♯ and e♭, but also to improve many other notes of the scale. After the date of this invention, of which he was exceedingly proud, Quantz always played on a two-keyed flute; it is, therefore, almost certain that the instrument under discussion was made prior to 1726, and it is at least probable that it was in his possession before he left Dresden for Rome in 1724. It was presented to the late Mr. Carli Zoeller, by Herr Albert Quantz, of Göttingen, grand-nephew of J. J. Quantz.
3Lent by Mrs. Carli Zoeller.
550.
7CONCERT-FLUTE of box-wood, with tips and cap of ivory, and two square-flapped silver keys on knobs, one being the ordinary closed d'♯ key, the other an open key, with a double lever, to close the d' hole and thus to cause the open end of the flute to give c'♯. The second joint is marked "4," and was evidently one of several interchangeable joints. By Biglioni of Rome, 1725 ante.
9This instrument was also obtained from Herr Albert Quantz by Mr. Carli Zoeller. It is believed to have been brought from Rome by J. J. Quantz when he left that city in 1725. It has been but little used, which is probably owing to the poverty of its tone, and to the fact that Quantz objected strongly to the flute being carried below d'.
11Lent by Mrs. Zoeller.
1351.
15FLUTE of decorated ivory, with one key. Each of the four "joints" is made up of several pieces. There is neither tuning slide nor screw-cork. This flute is exactly a semitone higher than the Boie flute (No. 49); it was probably made at about the same time and place, and was no doubt intended for an e'♭ flute.
17Lent by the Rev. F. W. Galpin, M.A., F.L.S.
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