Eugene Albert, Brussels. Silver plate Boehm flute. Albert was making flutes generally in a French style where sweetness is the most important component of the tone. This flute has an open G# and an interesting Briccialdi B/B-flat key (made first in 1849). Pitch is around A-444-446. This flute is now going out for restoration. Evidently this was flute was an open-hole flute when originally constructed. The current opinion on dates for this is 1855-1860.
