Not something we see everyday. Would like to have a go.
not with that giant nasty pinned crack to the rear of it…and no maker’s mark.
Barely would pay 1/2 that amount.
Wouldn’t mind measuring it though…
Forgot to mention the added keys, Dave
Still I,ve never played an antique Bb
Would love to sit down with it for a few hours.
I rarely see them on eBay or at the few dealers.
true, very true. They’re a pretty rare breed.
I’d read somewhere that flute d’amour were actually in G…and that low Bb had a different name.
Dayton Miller maybe? I just don’t remember. maybe it’s a bad memory.
Some websites are suggesting Bb or A, but others (+ Anthony Baines’s book) pointing strongly to a six-finger note of B, which certainly makes sense with the oboe d’amore being the same minor third below the regular oboe. So wondering if that eBay example could even be a low-pitched B?
PS (edited) Baines says (yes, it’s an old book and he’s talking about what we call alto flutes):
‘When contemplating purchase of a second-hand bass flute, it is as well to make sure that the offered instrument really is a G bass flute, and not one of the flute-band bass flutes or a flûte d’amour in A. The latter, on which the bottom C sounds a, is virtually extinct, but has occasionally been made in the modern Boehm system, presumably for recital work.’
the Dayton Miller site does ramble through the meaningless of it all for quite a while
aha.
always good when the troops march in.
thanks, guys!
