ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND BRIEF LIST OF THE HISTORIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT COLLECTION Including the John Webb Collection Contents Instruments of Regional Cultures Flageolets and Recorders Transverse Flutes Oboes Bassoons Clarinets French Horns Bugles, Flugelhorns, Serpents and Ophicleides Post horns, Cornets and Ballad Horns Althorns, Tenor Horns and Baritones Euphoniums and Tubas Trumpets Trombones Small Mouthpieces for Brasswind Large Mouthpieces for Brasswind Miscellaneous Instruments Return to Contents Instruments of Regional Cultures (555) Small buchel or alphorn (557) Birch bark trumpet (558) Birch bark trumpet Return to Contents Flageolets and Recorders (80) Wind-cap English flageolet, 0 keys England. (81) Wind-cap English flageolet, 1 key England. (82) Wind-cap English flageolet, 1 key England. (83) Wind-cap English flageolet, 6 keys England. (84) English flageolet, 1 key, boxwood Willis & Goodlad, London, 1825-34. (85) English flageolet, 1 key, boxwood Moffat, c 1815. (86) English flageolet, 1 key, boxwood George French, London, c 1850. (87) English flageolet, 1 key “D”, England, c 1810. (88) English flageolet, 5 keys, with piccolo head Butler, Dublin or London, c 1870. (89) English flageolet, 6 keys with piccolo head England, c 1870. (90) English flageolet, 6 keys with piccolo head Circa 1870. (91) English flageolet, 4 keys, beak mouthpiece England, c 1860. (92) French flageolet, 4 keys, wind-cap France, c 1840. (93) French flageolet, 7 keys, wind-cap France, c 1860. (94) Double flageolet, small Bainbridge & Wood, London, 1808-21. (95) Double flageolet, small John Briggs, London, 1812-45. (96) Double flageolet, large William Bainbridge, London, 1821-31. (52) Double flageolet, boxwood; large Bainbridge, London. (49) Descant recorder, light wood Rudall Carte, London, probably early 20th century. Return to Contents Transverse Flutes (97) F piccolo in E♭, 5 keys, cocus R.J. Ward & Sons, Liverpool. (98) F piccolo in E♭, 1 key, boxwood (99) F piccolo in E♭, 1 key, cocus (100) E♭ piccolo in D♭, 5 keys, cocus "Improved", London. (101) Piccolo, 4 keys, cocus (55) Piccolo, 4 keys (102) Piccolo, 5 keys, cocus (56) Piccolo, 5 keys; cracked William Hollings, London, 1874-1890. (103) Piccolo, 6 keys, cocus (104) Piccolo, 6 keys, cocus Ebblewhite. (105) Piccolo, 6 keys, cocus Hawkes & Son. (106) Piccolo, 6 keys, cocus Starck. (107) Piccolo, 6 keys, cocus "Trade Mark". (108) Piccolo, 6 keys, cocus (109) Piccolo, 6 keys, cocus (110) Piccolo, 6 keys, cocus (111) Large piccolo, 4 keys Townsend, Manchester, mid 19th century. (112) Fife, keyless Germany. (113) B♭ flute, 1 key, stained boxwood Bilton, London, 1826-56. (114) B♭ flute, 1 key, cocus J.W.S.L.. (115) B♭ flute, 1 key, cocus “Improved Military”. (116) B♭ flute, 1 key, cocus Higham, Manchester. (117) B♭ flute, 1 key, cocus J. Farquharson, London. (118) B♭ flute, 1 key, cocus “Improved”, London. (119) B♭ flute, 1 key, cocus “Improved”, London. (120) B♭ flute, 1 key, cocus “Improved”, London. (121) B♭ flute, 1 key, cocus Köhler, London. (122) B♭ flute, 1 key, cocus “B♭”. (123) B♭ flute, 1 key, cocus (124) B♭ flute, 1 key, cocus (125) B♭ flute, 1 key, cocus (126) B♭ flute, 1 key, cocus "Improved". (127) B♭ flute, 4 keys, cocus J.R. Lafleur. (128) B♭ flute, 5 keys, cocus H. Potter. (129) B♭ flute, 5 keys, cocus Hawkes & Son. (130) B♭ flute, 5 keys, cocus “Improved”, London. (131) B♭ flute, 5 keys, cocus Hawkes & Son. (132) B♭ flute, 5 keys, cocus “Improved”, London. (133) B♭ flute, cocus (134) F flute, 1 key, boxwood Astor, London, c 1800. (135) F flute, 1 key, boxwood John Beckett, London, 1850-73. (136) F flute, 1 key, cocus Rivière & Hawkes, London, 1876-89. (137) F flute, 1 key, cocus England, c 1840. (138) F flute, 5 keys, stained boxwood John Parker, London, c 1800. (139) F flute, 6 keys, cocus Boosey & Co, London {15274}. (140) F flute, 8 keys, cocus F. Besson, London, c 1860 - 1895 {7130}. (141) Concert flute, 1 key, boxwood D'Almaine, London, 1834-67. (142) Concert flute, 1 key, stained boxwood Gregory, Basingstoke, c 1830. (143) Concert flute, 1 key, stained boxwood Metzler. (144) Concert flute, 1 key, stained boxwood Whitaker. (145) Concert flute, 1 key, boxwood Clementi & Co, London, 1802-31. (146) Concert flute, 1 key boxwood, horn Metzler, London, c 1850. mounts (147) Concert flute, 4 keys, boxwood Goulding D'Almaine Potter, London, 1813-24. (148) Concert flute, 4 keys boxwood Z.T. Purday, London, c 1850. (149) Concert flute, 4 keys, boxwood Metzler, London, c 1820. (150) Concert flute, 4 keys, tuning-slide and G. Peachey, London, c 1800. register (151) Concert flute, 4 keys, boxwood Probably France, c 1830. (53) Flute (England?) boxwood; 4 keys (152) Concert flute, 4 keys, cocus England, c 1840. (153) Concert flute, 4 keys, boxwood, silver Paine & Hopkins, London, c 1830. keys (154) Concert flute, 6 key to C, ebony, silver keys; William Henry Potter, London, 1806- tuning-slide 1837, c 1810. (155) Concert flute, 6 keys to C, boxwood, silver J. Astor, London, c 1800. keys (156) Concert flute, 6 keys to C, boxwood, pewter Goulding D'Almaine Potter, London. plugs (157) Concert flute, 6 keys to C, boxwood, pewter Potter, London, c 1800. plugs (158) Concert flute, 6 keys to C, rosewood, silver Whitaker, London, 1821. keys; tuning-slide (159) Concert flute, 7 keys to C, rosewood, silver W. Milhouse, London. keys; tuning-slide (160) Concert flute, 7 keys to C, rosewood, silver T. Prowse, “C. Nicholson's Improved”, keys; tuning-slide London {3894}. (161) Concert flute, 7 keys, rosewood, large Clementi, London, c 1830. finger-holes (162) Concert flute, 8 keys, ivory Potter, c 1800. (163) Concert flute, 8 keys, rosewood Monzani, London, c 1830 {2456}. (164) Concert flute, 8 keys, rosewood Monzani, London, c 1830 {2905}. (165) Concert flute, 8 keys, ivory inscribed Drouet, London, early 19th century. (166) Concert flute, 8 keys, boxwood (167) Concert flute, 8 keys, cocus J. Fentum, London, 1st half 19th century. (168) Concert flute, 8 keys, cocus Rudall & Rose, London, 1821-52 {5249}. (169) Concert flute, 8 keys, boxwood Probably Germany, c 1830. (170) Concert flute, 8 keys, cocus, silver keys Clementi, London, c 1830. (171) Concert flute, 8 keys, cocus, ivory head Probably Germany, late 19th century. (54) Flute, 8 keys Harris, London, probably mid 19th century. (172) Concert flute, 8 keys, cocus Probably Germany, late 19th century. (173) Concert flute, 8 keys rosewood Wallis. (174) Concert flute, 8 keys + 2 covered holes, England, c 1840. cocus (175) Concert flute, 10 keys to B, ivory head Kohlert, Graslitz, c 1900. (176) Concert flute, 13 keys to B, enamelled Probably Ziegler, probably Vienna, mounts c 1840. (177) Concert flute, Siccama system, rosewood Abel Siccama, London, 1848-62 {216}. (178) Concert flute, 1851 system, silver Rudall, Rose, Carte & Co, London, 1852- 71. (179) Concert flute, 1867 system, rosewood, Rudall Carte & Co, London, p 1871, silver keys c 1900 {5938}. (180) Concert flute, 1867 system, silver Rudall Carte & Co, London {ARM}. Return to Contents Oboes (181) Oboe, simple system, cocus France, early 20th century. (182) Oboe, simple system, cocus by S.A. Chappell, London, 1862-1901. (70) Oboe, simple system Rudall Carte & Co, London. (183) Oboe, Boehm system, rosewood Butler, Dublin or London, c 1900. Return to Contents Bassoons (65) Bassoon, 6 keys Milhouse, London, c 1807. (184) Bassoon, 6 keys, stained pearwood W. Milhouse, London, 1787-1840. (185) Bassoon, 8 keys, stained maple Astor & Horwood, London, 1814-1819. (186) Bassoon, 8 keys, stained pearwood England, c 1835. (187) Bassoon, French system, tropical Rudall Carte, London, p 1871, c 1900 {896}. hardwood (188) Bassoon, French system, tropical Hawkes & Son, London. hardwood (189) Bassoon, French system, ebonite (204) Reed contrabass, nickel-plated brass Rampone & Cazzani, Milan, 1912 - mid 20th century {7639}. (205) Reed contrabass, nickel-plated brass Zinzi, Rome, early 20th century {48530}. Return to Contents Clarinets (190) Clarinet in E♭, 6 keys Clementi, London, c 1820. (191) Clarinet in E♭, 8 keys, boxwood Thomas Croger, London, 1845-49. (192) Clarinet in E♭, 14-key Müller-type Germany, c 1850. (193) Clarinet in E♭, simple system, cocus by S.A. Chappell, London, 1862-1901 {461}. (194) Clarinet in C, 6 keys, boxwood Metzler, London, c 1830. (41) Clarinet, probably in C, 6 keys Metzler, London, mid 19th century. (195) Clarinet in C, 7 keys, boxwood Lefevre, Rouen, early 19th century and later. (196) Clarinet in C, 8 keys, boxwood Wood & Ivy, London, 1837-47. (198) Clarinet in C, 8 keys, boxwood; cracked Astor & Horwood, London, c 1820. (199) Clarinet in C, 8 keys, cocus Continental Europe, c 1880. (560) Clarinet in C Metzler, London. (200) Clarinet in C, Boehm system, silver; 'gilded' keys Continental Europe, c 1900. (201) Clarinet, 13-key Müller-type, boxwood; several keys Germany, c 1850. missing (197) Clarinet in B♭, 13 keys, boxwood; one mount broken and Bilton, London, 1826-56. key missing (202) Clarinet in B♭, simple system, ebonite (42) Clarinet, probably in A, 10 keys Metzler, London. (203) Clarinet in A, 13 keys, boxwood; speaker key moved Thomas Key, London, 1807-55, c 1840. (561) Clarinet in A Metzler, London. (562) Clarinet Rudall Carte, London. Return to Contents French Horns (206) Trompe de chasse in D Halari, Paris, 1852-1870.. (207) Trompe de chasse, 2-coil (208) Trompe de chasse, probably in E♭, three-coil, Couesnon, Paris, 1923. brass, ligature tuning at mouthpipe (209) Hand horn, brass Johann Gottlieb Roth, Adorf, 1821. (760) Hand Horn, brass, Webb-Halstead model John Webb, London. (774) Hand Horn, brass, Webb-Halstead model John Webb, London. (210) Cor sauterelle, Wolf & Figg London, 1846-53. (212) Hand horn adapted from valve horn, brass Boosey & Co, London, 1925-1926 {122902}. (213) French horn, 2 valves, brass R.J.