Flute

Manufacturer Jean-Louis Tulou French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 684

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.

#Récreations musicales sur des motifs d'opéra Le Prophéte, Op. 321. Jan Boland, flute and John Dowdall, guitar, 1998.

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  1. Récreations musicales sur des motifs d'opéra Le Prophéte, Op. 321. Jan Boland, flute and John Dowdall, guitar, 1998.
  2. Tambourin by François-Joseph Gossec performed by Jan Boland, flute, and John Dowdall, guitar
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Flute, Jean-Louis Tulou (French), Cocus wood, gold, French

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Flute, Jean-Louis Tulou (French), Cocus wood, gold, French
Flute, Jean-Louis Tulou (French), Cocus wood, gold, French
Flute, Jean-Louis Tulou (French), Cocus wood, gold, French
Flute, Jean-Louis Tulou (French), Cocus wood, gold, French

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