Conical flute lower than Bb ?

Irish Flute
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Anyone played, owned, or even see a conical simple system flute that plays down in alto range?

Recently I played a silver alto flute in G. Wow, what fun, it gets really loud and has lots of edge to the tone if you want. All the way down to G too. This would fit with the fiddles pretty well. Anyway just curious.
Lewis

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i played a keyed boxwood Monzani that went down to G (bell note…not a D flute with foot extension to G). It’s in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum in NYC. Lovely, if not gargantuan, thing.

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Casey Burns makes a low Bb & A

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Not conical/simple system, but how about one of these jobs ?


Best wishes.

Steve

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I have a boxwood burns a. He usedto make them with a foot joint down to g.

Peter Noy makes an a as well as a baroque bass flute in d at a415
an octave down with keys to cover the stretch, and at least one other baroque maker does something similar.


http://www.noyflutes.com/detail_pgs_bass_flutes/bass_flute_full_view.html

I,ve seen alto bamboo flutes as well in g. Not all are six holed though this far down but some are.

Here is one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWUiiFWKimI&feature=related

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here you go. Alto flute in G, conical bore, Monzani.

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/map_item.pl?data=/home/www/data/service/music/dcmflute/0200/0251f1.jp2&title=DCM+0251:+++Monzani+/+Flute+in+G&style=dcmflute&itemLink=r?ammem/dcm:@field(NUMBER+@band(0251%20dcmflute))

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and another

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/map_item.pl?data=/home/www/data/service/music/dcmflute/0800/0870f1.jp2&title=DCM+0870:+++Du+Mont+/+Alto+Flute+in+G&style=dcmflute&itemLink=r?ammem/dcm:@field(NUMBER+@band(0870%20dcmflute))

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how about Bass flute in C?
love the curve!!

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/map_item.pl?data=/home/www/data/service/music/dcmflute/1200/1239f1.jp2&title=DCM+1239:+++Wigley+%26+McGregor+/+Bass+Flute+in+C&style=dcmflute&itemLink=r?ammem/dcm:@field(NUMBER+@band(1239%20dcmflute))

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of course, there’s always this gem…but you’d need room!

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/map_item.pl?data=/home/www/data/service/music/dcmflute/1200/1238/1238f1.sid&style=dcmflute&itemLink=D?dcm:9:./temp/~ammem_ueA7::&title=DCM%201238%3a%20%20%20R.%20Burghley%20(Burleigh)%20%2f%20Bass%20Flute%20in%20C±+side%20view%20scan%20of%20Burghley

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Excellent - thanks David. The first one, Monzani in G, was what I had in mind. Anybody play a flute like this?

How about measurements, some could be calculated from photos and from knowledge of the physics. I wonder what the head internal diameter and embouchure measurements are?
Lewis