Hello,
new to this forum, recently found two old flutes,
I hope to find somebody who can give some information about these instruments.
The 6-keyed flute has a wider bore. I don’t know yet what I’m going to do, try to
restore them -both need work- or perhaps trad them for a flute that can be
played without any work.
Thanks for reading, every little bit of information is welcome,
Jan Dijkstra, the Netherlands.
First one is French, looks nice but people (like me) tend to dislike the need to vent the F# with that key. This flutes tend to have a very sweet sound but not much volume. It could be in D but maybe also Eb, I can’t really tell without proper lengths.
Second one looks German and maybe in F. Some of them are good players but most are not.
Can you see any names or marks?
Hello & thanks,
the first flute has no marks or stamps, the second has a stamp with
a bird (phoenix?) and the word Schutzmarke.
Both are in D, don’t know yet if it’s 440 or …
Because I am not an experienced fluteplayer it’s hard to tell
but the German flute sounds good, speaks easy and has a nice
volume. The other one needs some work (a cork at least).
Just to support Lorenzo’s (Othannen’s) diagnosis… he’s learnt a lot! You can check up/find out more about these two general kinds of flutes from Rick Wilson’s excellent website it should be obvious from the home page which topic pages will be most relevant, but I’d advise you to explore the whole site. Also web research on “flute” + “Tulou” and + “nach Meyer” should help. The French flute is most likely to be at diapason normal (A=432-5 Hz), but you might be lucky and discover it to be one of the relatively rare ones playable at 440.
Good luck!
Ah, thanks Jem, I have a good teacher 