Instrument: 13-key Viennese style flute, Ivory head with cocus? Body and German silver keys, original case
Maker: F.R. Wild, Rausenburg c.1867 - Langwill reports only a clarinet know by him but he was in the Paris Exhibition in 1867
Pitch: ?
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Restorer: as received
Notes: not yet playable - as Wild is quite unknown as a maker it seems possible that this flute was actually made by Ziegler. Either that, or he was copying Ziegler. In addition to the normal 8 keys, this flute has high e to d trill (RH), RH Bb, thumb G#, L2 C, low B. Barrel has an open crack but the body of the flute look quite good.
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