Flute

Jean-Louis Tulou

ca. 1852 · Cocus wood, gold · Musical Instruments

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.

Artist

Jean-Louis Tulou

Date

ca. 1852

Medium

Cocus wood, gold

Culture

French

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

Purchase, Robert Alonzo Lehman Bequest, 2009