Item Type: Wheatstone Flute EmbouchureSummaryFull Description: This unusual transverse Flute Embouchure was made by William
Wheatstone (Charles Wheatstone’s father) at his music shop
at 128 Pall Mall (where young Charles was apprenticed for a
time). It enables the amateur flautist to sound the flute without any
difficult lip-positioning: this transverse model also does away with the
need to hold the flute across from the lips – it can be played straight
on, like a penny whistle! The silver-plated embouchure has an ivory fipple,
and a gilt brass name plate embossed “(crown) W
Wheatstone 128 Pall Mall, 2453” (this last the
item’s serial number). The ivory bound boxwood headstock is also
stamped “W Wheatstone, 128 Pall Mall”. Source Catalogue No: The Concertina Museum: 1.2.8-001 |
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Last Modified 07 February 2012 by Neil Wayne, Chris Flint, Wes Williams
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