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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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3CONCERT-FLUTE of cocus-wood, with conoidal bore, silver keys, &c. This is almost an exact copy of the so-called "Boehm flute," as made by Th. Boehm between the years 1835 and 1846. It bears little resemblance, either in the positions of the holes or in the fingering, to "Boehm's newly invented patent flute" of 1831-2, but it differs from Gordon's flute very slightly in either respect, the arrangement of the holes being on a similar principle, while the fingering is only changed in the following particulars:—Gordon retained the old fingering for g♯, at the same time preserving intact his system of open keys; Boehm adopted the "open g♯" of Tromlitz and Pottgiesser. Gordon employed an open d'♯ key, and governed the "c' and c'♯ keys" by the little finger of the left hand; Boehm retained the old fingering for c', c'♯, and d'♯. The d'' key, so useful for shakes, was invented by Capeller of Munich, Boehm's instructor, in or before 1811. The valuable d''♯ key, which is not shown in the annexed wood-cut, was invented by Victor Côche of Paris, in or before 1838. (See No. 108.) The machinery of this flute, notwithstanding the old-fashioned screw-cups of the keys and the flat brass springs, is an indubitable improvement on that of Gordon's, but those parts of it which were designed by Boehm have long since fallen into disuse. Four of the open finger-holes are furnished with rings instead of the crescents used by Gordon.
5The wood-cut is an exact reproduction, on a reduced scale, of Boehm's engraving of 1847.
7By Rudall and Rose, 1, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden. 1844 circa.
9Lent by H. Veysie, Esq.
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