On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:56:35 +1000, Rick Wilson <rmw@...> wrote:

> Jean-Francois Beaudin wrote:
> Subject: [earlyflute] Monzani on Ebay
>
>> Just have a look, Ebay item 230364750372.
>
> The serial number -- as well as the appearance -- would
> date this flute at c.1816, not 1840 as the seller claims.
> Looks nice, but the price ($10000) is very high!
>
> In his flute method (2nd edition) of 1813, Monzani
> describes a nine-key flute, and the illutration shows an
> instrument with a perfectly straight profile (no socket bulges)
> like Rudall & Rose flutes. But many surviving Monzani flutes
> c.1815 were still made with six or seven keys, and
> socket bulges.

I guess we are seeing that change in flute style from the larger bored
18th c flutes to the narrow bored 19th c flutes but in the work of one
maker. I've certainly seen Clementi flutes that fall into both
categories. Was Potter responsible for introducing the new narrow bore?

Terry
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