7-Key Flute (Clementi & Co.)
Details
- Origin: London, England
- Date: 1825
- Maker: Clementi & Co
- Collection: E 40
Description
Wooden flute made of boxwood, metal, ivory, pads, string. “Clementi & Co/London” written on all joints, “Patent” written on the top two joints.
Possibly influenced by Charles Nicholson’s flute system designs (lived 1795– 1837, the most famous and influential flautist in early nineteenth-century England), which opposed Boehm’s flute system designs.
For further information, see sections titled “Clementi and the Nicholson Flute” and “On the London Periphery: Clinton, Siccama, Drouet” in Jeremy Sexton’s blog post, Boehm’s Ghost: A Vicarious Portrait of a Flute Maker in London.
