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A descriptive catalogue of the musical instruments recently exhibited at the Royal Military Exhibition, London, 1890 …, 1891
19 lines. Read by computer on 1 October 2026. Printed page 39. See the scan on archive.org.
1c''#, e''b, g'', b''b, c'''# (from the thumb-hole), d'''#. Evidently the work of a person totally unskilled in the construction of musical instruments.
2Lent by M. Césare Snoeck.
484.
5CONCERT-FLUTE of cocus-wood, with eight cupped keys of silver, and an extra b♭ lever for the first finger of the right hand, all on knobs. This instrument is branded: "C. Nicholson's Improved," but it has not the large holes of most of the Nicholson flutes. The head-joint is turned in rings, like the rails of an "early English" chair, and the narrow silver bands are embossed. By Clementi, London.
6Lent by Messrs. Boosey and Co.
885.
9CONCERT-FLUTE of box-wood, with ivory tips, screw-stopper, tuning slide, and six keys with metal plugs, including the "c' and c'♯ keys." By Astor and Horwood of London. The elder Nicholson preferred the flutes of Astor to those of any other maker, and his son, the celebrated Charles Nicholson, considered them superior to those of Potter.
10Lent by the Rev. F. W. Galpin, M.A., F.L.S.
1286.
13CONCERT-FLUTE of cocus-wood, with tuning slide, screw-cork, and six square-flapped keys of silver, on knobs, including the "c' and c'♯ keys." Four of the keys have leathers; the lowest two have plugs. By Key and Co. 1820.
14Lent by Messrs. Rudall, Carte and Co.
1687.
17CONCERT-FLUTE of box-wood mounted with ivory, in four pieces, with one key. By Millhouse of London.
18Lent by Mr. E. Cawley, Bandmaster 2nd Royal Scots.
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