Improvements in and relating to Flutes.
Year: 1899

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Flutes.
We, HENRY KLUSSMANN, MONTAGUE SIDNEY GEORGE and JULIUS JAMES GEORGE
ZAMBRA, all trading together as Rudall, Carte and Company, all of 23, Berners
Street, London, W., Musical Instrument Makers, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to improvements in and relating to flutes, and
the object of the invention is to make a flute which shall be readily adaptable
to be used either as a sharp or a flat pitched instrument.
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In carrying this invention into practice, we employ an inner tube having two
sets of holes and we make the outer tube of three parts, consisting of the
slide or top joint, the middle joint which is provided with the holes, and
the foot or bottom joint, which parts are adapted say by means of sliding
socket joints, to be pulled slightly apart, so as to lengthen the instrument and
produce a deeper note. Each set of holes in the inner tube corresponds with
the holes in the outer tube except that the "sharp" holes in the said inner
tube are very slightly smaller and for the purpose of adapting our improved
flute as a sharp pitched instrument it is only necessary to close or push the
three parts together and to turn the inner tube until its smaller or sharp"
holes are in agreement with the holes in the outer tube, and to adapt our im-
proved flute to be used as a flat pitched instrument it is only necessary to draw
apart the said three parts and to turn the inner tube until its other set of holes
or its "flat" holes are in agreement with the holes in the outer tube.
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We may employ any suitable means for adjusting the parts and may make
them of any suitable materials, and we wish it to be understood that this
invention is applicable either to a "cylinder" flute or to ordinary flutes in which
there are no keys.
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improvements in and relating to Flutes.
We, HENRY KLUSSMANN, MONTAGUE SIDNEY GEORGE and JULIUS JAMES GEORGE
ZAMBRA, trading together as Rudall Carte & Company, of 23, Berners Street,
London, W., Musical Instrument Makers, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:---
This invention has reference to improvements in and relating to flutes and

page_text: the object of the invention is to make a flute which shall be readily adaptable
to be used either as a sharp or a flat pitched instrument.
In carrying this invention into practice we employ an inner tube having two
sets of holes and we make the outer tube of three parts consisting of the
"slide" or top joint, the middle joint which is provided with the holes, and
the "foot" or bottom joint which parts are adapted say by means of sliding
socket joints to be pulled slightly apart so as to lengthen, the instrument and
produce a deeper note. Each set of holes in the inner tube corresponds with
the holes in the outer tube except that the "sharp" holes in the said inner
tube are very slightly smaller and for the purpose of adapting our improved
flute as a sharp pitched instrument it is only necessary to close or push the
three parts together and to turn the inner tube until its smaller or
sharp
holes are in agreement with the holes in the outer tube, and to adapt our im-
proved flute to be used as a flat pitched instrument it is only necessary to draw
apart the said three parts and to turn the inner tube until its other set of holes
or its "flat holes are in agreement with the holes in the outer tube.
We may employ any suitable means for adjusting the parts and may make
them of any suitable materials and we wish it to be understood that this
invention is applicable either to a cylinder" flute or to ordinary flutes in which
there are no keys.
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In order that this invention may be readily understood, reference is made to
the accompanying drawings wherein like letters of reference indicate corre-
sponding parts throughout the several figures and in which:-
Figure 1, shows one side of inner tube with its set of holes, and
Figure 2, an open or flat flute.
Figure 3 shows the other side of inner tube with its set of smaller or sharp
holes, and
Figure 4, a closed or sharp flute,
Figures 5 and 6, the same as Figures 1 and 2, but with an extra number of
holes.
a is the mouth end, and
or top joint of outer tube.
bottom joint.
the mouth hole. the inner tube, and the slide
e the middle joint with holes, and f the foot or
the sliding socket joints, and h the catch or junction plate.
the notches, and and the pins. the flat holes in c. the smaller or
sharp holes in c. the extra holes in c. e the holes in e. f¹ the holes in f.
The foot joint may be slightly pulled out or not according to circumstances
and as required by the performer.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. A flute adapted to be used either as a sharp or a flat pitched instrument
in the manner substantially as set forth.
2. A flute consisting of an outer tube made up of three parts having apertures
and adapted to be slid apart and an inner tube having two sets of holes all for
the purposes and substantially as set forth.
Dated this 31st day of October 1899.
ay of October 1899.
By their Agents.
H. KLUSSMANN.
M. S. GEORGE.
J. J. G. ZAMBRA.
Horn, Son & Co.,
151. Strand (next to Somerset House), London.