12-Key Flute

Details
  • Origin: Hanover, Germany
  • Date: After 1885
  • Maker: Nach H.F. Meyer
  • Collection: E 85
Description

Flute constructed with ivory (or possibly bone), wood, metal, cork and pads.

“Nach/H.F. Meyer/Hannover” inscripted on the mouthpiece

Exemplifies the cheaper imitation “Nach Meyer” models made by other firms for export of the Eight-key flute by H.F. Meyer (see: Eight Key Flute (E 63)).

For further information, see section titled “Reception of the Boehm Flute in Continental Europe” in Jeremy Sexton’s blog post, Boehm’s Ghost: A Vicarious Portrait of a Flute Maker in London.