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Double flageolet
John Simpson (active 1826–1869)
about 1835
Object Place: London, England
Medium/Technique
Boxwood, ivory, silver
Dimensions
Length 53.5 cm (21 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1822
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionIn A-flat and in G-flat. Conoidal bore. Boxwood, stained black; ivory tips and mouthpiece. Made in four principal parts; the cap, which serves as an air-chamber for both tubes; the lip-stock with a double bore; two tubes of unequal length. The lip-stock has two lips cut in it; each lip can be silenced by a cut-off shutter operated by a key. The shorter tube has for its lowest tone a'-flat; six finger-holes, of which the first one from the top is partially plugged; four silver keys nominally called C-sharp (open), D-sharp, F-natural, and high D-natural (the last three closed). The longer tube has g'-flat for its lowest tone; four finger-holes; five keys, nominally called B and C keys, F, high B, and C, of which two low keys are open and operated by long articulated levers.
InscriptionsStamped on ?; SIMPSON / 266 REGENT STREET / OXFORD STREET / LONDON / PATENT; stamped under windways: IMPROVED / PATENT
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)