Flageolets and Recorders

 

1.1 Flageolet | 1.2 Double Flageolet | 1.3 Double Flageolet | 1.4 Recorder | 1.5 Pitch Pipe

 

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Catalogue Number:1.1
Original name:Flageolet in A flat.
Type or system:5 Keys.
Maker:Unknown, c.1850.
Overall size:392.7mm (including beak).
Diameter of beak:Ellipse shaped embouchure: 6mm x 3.5mm.
Diameter of beak receiver:5.2mm.
Bore:Beak: 5.2mm - 8.5mm, opening out to 14.9mm from 9.5mm from the end; wind cap: 19.4mm - 23mm; head joint: lip - 11.5mm; middle joint: 11.7mm - 10mm.
Sounding length:74.5mm.
Technical description:5 sections in grenadilla: beak: 60.2mm; wind cap: 86mm; head joint: 85.4mm; middle: 86.2mm; lower:137.1mm; mother of pearl beak mouthpiece mounted in silver cap: 59.5mm. Two thumb holes, four finger holes, five modern style silver keys mounted by post and axles on plates. (all on lower joint). Three silver ferrules at the end of each joint and a silver end ferrule/cap. Springs attached to underside of keys by pins.
Usable pitch:a’ = 450 Hz.
Illustration references:See below
Previous owner:William Bentley.
Previous collection numbers:A and B: Item 24.

 

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Catalogue Number:1.2
Original name:Double flageolet in D.
Common name:Octave double flageolet or Octave flageolet.
Type or system:5 Keys.
Maker:Bainbridge & Wood.
Place of origin:London, c.1808-1820.
William Bainbridge (d c.1831), was the inventor of the double flageolet, and patented his model in 1803. He was partnered by John Wood in 1808.
Overall size:365mm without beak mouthpiece, 193mm each of lower joints.
Bore:Wind cap: 7.8mm - 34mm; head joint: lips - 34.5mm av. for both pipes; left hand pipe: 11mm - 7mm; right hand pipe: 11.2 - 7.1mm.
Sounding length:273mm.
Diameter of beak receiver:7.8mm.
Technical description:Boxwood in 4 pieces with ivory ferrules and studs. Body: Two pipes, head joint and wind cap. (ivory beak mouthpiece missing). Five silver keys with square flaps (flap design F ) mounted on raised blocks and rings with spring attached by rivets to the underside of the key. Two silver cutters mounted on raised blocks (springs hidden from view).
Inscription:Stamped on Wind cap: “BAINBRIDGE / INVENTOR / HOLBORN / HILL / LONDON / PATENT”; Stamped on Head joint: (crown motif) / “BAINBRIDGE / & WOOD / 35 / HOLBORN / HILL / LONDON / PATENT” and next to right hand pipe cutter shank: [motif: cross]; stamped above left hand thumb key: “D”; stamped next to each finger hole on left hand pipe: “B1”, “A2”, “G3”, “F4 / PATENT”, “E5”, “D6”; stamped above right hand thumb key: “B”; stamped next to each finger hole on right hand pipe: “B1”, “A2”, “G3”, “F4 / PATENT”, “E5”, “D6”.
Faults:One crack on left hand pipe at the top of the joint.
General literature:The double Flageolet - made in England.
Usable pitch:Plays at a’ = 440 Hz.
Performance characteristics:Keys stiff and some pads leaking but otherwise playable.
Specific references:New Langwill Index, pp. 16-17.
Illustration references:See below
Previous owner:Mr E. S. Fry. Donated to Birmingham School of Music, October 1923.
Previous collection numbers:A and B: Item 14.

 

  • 1.2 Double flageolet, Bainbridge & Wood - 1
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Catalogue number: 1.3
Original name: Double flageolet in A.
Maker: Henry Hastrick
Place of origin: London, c.1832-1855.
Hastrick is listed as having been a flute and flageolet maker in 1832. In 1835 succeeded Bainbridge (see item 1.2).
Overall size: 510mm.
Sounding length: right-hand pipe 374mm, left hand pipe 331mm.
Diameter of beak: Round embouchure hole, 4.9mm.
Diameter of beak receiver: 9.2mm.
Bore: Wind cap: 9.2mm - 9.2mm, opening out to 47mm from 14mm; head joint: lips - 20mm av. both pipes; left hand pipe: 14.5mm - 11mm; right hand pipe: 15.2mm av. - 10.5mm.
Technical description: Stained boxwood body: Two pipes, head joint, wind cap and ivory beak mouthpiece. Ivory studs: 4 on left hand pipe, 3 on right hand pipe. Round key heads (flap design S ) mounted on integral wooden blocks. Springs attached by rivets to underside of keys.
Inscription: “HASTRICK / 35 / HOLBORN / HILL / LONDON” and “NEW PATENT” and “NEW C KEY” on upper joint. Key names on each pipe next to each finger hole.
Faults: Wind Cap: top ferrule cracked; head joint: right-hand cutter broken, “New C” key missing; Right-hand pipe: bottom ferrule missing, B key missing. Left hand pipe: Two upper most studs seem to have been repositioned; D sharp key broken; low C sharp key missing and hole plugged. Unplayable in current state.
General literature: Waterhouse, William: “The double Flageolet - made in England”. The Galpin Society Journal. LII April, 1999. pp 172-183.
Illustration references: See below.
Previous owner: William Bentley.
Previous collection numbers: A and B: item 23.

 

  • 1.3 Double flageolet, Hastrik - 1
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Catalogue number: 1.4
Original name: Treble recorder in F.
Place of origin: England, c.1780.
This recorder is its maker’s only known specimen.
Overall size: 495mm total length: Head joint: 189.3mm; main joint: 204.1mm; foot joint: 101.3mm.
Sounding length: 438.2mm.
Bore: Head joint: 18mm; main joint: 18mm - 14.3mm; foot joint: 14.3mm - 12.5mm.
Technical description: 3 sections of a light wood, possibly box. String on tenons. Seven finger holes, one thumb hole. It seems to prefer Hotteterre fingering.
Finger-holes. Diameter. Distance from foot (distance to hole centres).
Left-hand, thumb: 5.8mm 291.1mm
Left hand, first finger: 5.7mm 272.8mm
Left hand second finger: 5.8mm 246.0mm
Left hand third finger: 5.8mm 211.3mm
Right hand, first finger: 5.8mm 172.6mm
Right hand, second finger: 5.4mm 141.0mm
Right hand, third finger: 5.0mm 110.6mm
Right hand, fourth finger: 5.3mm 79.2mm
Inscription: Stamped on all three joints: “FOLEY”/ [motif: a fan or plume shape within a square].
Faults: Slightly warped, and there is quite a large chip off the foot-joint (not affecting the bore). Slight damage to lip.
Usable pitch: Plays at a’ = 420 Hz.
Performance characteristics: The instrument has an unfocussed tone with a breathy quality, probably due to the damage to the lip. The two octave range is considerably contracted i.e. the distance between f’ and f’’’ is much too narrow. The middle part of the range is relatively usable e.g. from g’ to d’’. However, even here g’’ is very sharp and requires the addition of finger 4 all the time and f’’ is also sharp and requires finger 5 or possibly 4 all the time.
Specific references: This instrument is listed in the New Langwill Index, it is the only known instrument by Foley.
Recording references: Click here
Illustration references: See below
Previous owner: Mrs A Scott-James. Donated to Birmingham School of Music, 1936.
Previous collection numbers: A: item 15.

 

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Catalogue number: 1.5
Original name: Pitch-pipe in C.
Date: Late 19th century.
Technical description: Body: organ-pipe construction in two sections, in mahogany; upper in square section shaped at top to form tapered circular beak, length: 343mm, range of one octave, plunger calibrated in semitone stops D-c; length 301mm.
Usable pitch: Plays at a’ = 452 Hz.
Illustration references: See below.

 

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