Flute
The cross-fingerings used on simple-system flutes such as this created subtle variations in tone color from note to note. Despite the eventual dominance of Boehm’s 1847 cylindrical flute, many players preferred simple-system instruments throughout the nineteenth century. Tulou, a flautist with the Paris Opéra and professor at the Conservatoire, expressly rejected the Boehm flute.
Artwork Details
- Title: Flute
- Manufacturer: Jean-Louis Tulou (French)
- Date: ca. 1852
- Geography: Paris, France
- Culture: French
- Medium: Cocus wood, gold
- Dimensions: 1 1/8 × 24 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (2.9 × 62.9 × 3.8 cm)
Case: 2 13/16 × 11 7/16 × 4 3/4 in. (7.1 × 29.1 × 12.1 cm) - Classification: Aerophone-Blow Hole-side-blown flute (transverse)
- Credit Line: Purchase, Robert Alonzo Lehman Bequest, 2009
- Object Number: 2009.24
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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