1-Key Flute (Gerock & Co.)

Details
  • Origin: London, England
  • Date: 1827-37
  • Maker: Christopher Gerock & Co
  • Collection: E 21
Description

Wooden flute made of boxwood, metal, ivory, string, leather. Features maker’s stamp which says “C. Gerock 79 Cornhill London” and a unicorn insignia.

For further information, see sections titled “Early Nineteenth-Century London Makers” and “London, Nicholson, and the Genesis of Boehm’s Project” in Jeremy Sexton’s blog post, Boehm’s Ghost: A Vicarious Portrait of a Flute Maker in London.