Les Ateliers de la Flûte Dore

16. basset recorder after C. Rafi
(in stock/recorders)

in f, a = 440 HertzThis basset in f after C. Rafi is made from yew wood, with a boxwood ring. The pitch is in F, at a'= 440 Hertz. The key is made of brass. Can also be delivered with a brass S-tube

17. classical 6 keyed flute after R. Potter
(all models/classical flutes)

in d, a = 440, 430, or 415 Hertz, with c and c# foot, 6 keysThis 6 keyed traverso came out of the workshop of the very productive London flutemaker Richard Potter. It is now in the Bate Collection in

18. classical 1 keyed flute after C. Palanca
(all models/classical flutes)

in d, a = 415 Hertz, 1 keyCarlo Palanca has made many instruments during his long life (he died at the age of 95 !). The original of this instrument was made in the second half of the 18th century in

19. baroque flute after F.G.A. Kirst
(all models/baroque flutes)

in  d, a = 415 Hertz, 1 keyFrom the workshop of F.G.A. Kirst in Potsdam comes this beautiful instrument, that is kept this moment in a very small private collection in ‘s Hertogenbosch, Holland.

20. baroque flute after J. Hotteterre
(all models/baroque flutes)

in d, a = 392 Hertz, 1 keyThe only early baroque flute by Hotteterre known to me is kept in the Landesmuseum in Graz. It's probably built round 1700 and the pitch is about a'= 400 Hertz. In Leningrad