A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT CALLED A FLAGEOLLETTE, ENGLISH FLUTE, OR AN INSTRUMENT ON THE FLAGEOLLETTE PRINCIPLE, SO CONSTRUCTED AS A SINGLE INSTRUMENT THAT TWO PARTS OF A MUSICAL COMPOSITION CAN BE PLAYED THEREON AT THE SAME TIME BYONE PERSON
Year: 1806

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
Scorr, of Clerkenwell Close, in the County Middlesex, Musical Instrument
Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS His present Majesty King George the Third, in and by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing dato
at Westminster, the Thirteenth day of December last, for Himself, His heirs,
and successors, did give and grant unto me, the said Thomas Scott, His
especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said
Thomas Scott, my executors, administrators, and assigns, and every of them,
by myself and themselves, or by my and their deputy or deputies, servants
or agents, or such others as I, the said Thomas Scott, my executors,
administrators, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, my Invention of "A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT CALLED A FLAGEOLLETTE,
ENGLISH FLUTE, OR AN INSTRUMENT ON THE FLAGEOLLETTE PRINCIPLE, SO
CONSTRUCTED AS A SINGLE INSTRUMENT THAT TWO PARTS OF A MUSICAL
COMPOSITION CAN BE PLAYED THEREON AT THE SAME TIME BY ONE PERSON;
in which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said
Thomas Scott, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, parti-
cularly to describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and in
what inanner the same is to be performed, and to cause the same to be inrolled
in Lis Majesty's High Court of Chancery within one calendar month mext

page_text: and immediately after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and
by the same, referrence being thereto had, will more fully appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Thomas Scott, do hereby describe and ascertain the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by the Plan or
Drawing hereunto annexed, and the following description thereof (that is to
say) :-
of
The Scales of the Double Flageolette.-The double flageolette has seven holes
for the fingers to stop, and one for the thumb of the left hand. The lower
holes on this instrument are double (or two small holes), for the purpose
making half tones correctly, and forming a regular scale without cross fingering,
Ce The double flageolette must have every hole stopped for the lowest
note, which is C natural. Cost. The little finger of the right hand being drawn
a little off the instrument, so as to open one of the holes (as it is double), will
produce C sharp. De, and by taking the little finger totally ofl' this hole it will
sound D.-D. The D sharp is made in a similar way to the C sharp, by
opening one half of the hole, which is done by gently sliding the third finger up
the instrument nearer to the second finger without taking it off the instrument,
which there is no difficulty in doing.-E. For E natural, the third finger taken
off the instrument will immediately produce it.-F. The second finger
being slid in the same manner as the third was (this also being the E hole),
will produce F natural, which on other flagcolettes is cross'd finger'd.-Fo..
The first finger taken off, and second and third put down, will make F sharp.
This note, in the generality of flageolettes, is rather flat, but in this instrument,
by the means of fingering as described, it is rendered a perfect half tone.-
Go. These fingers taken off, the right hand fingers become at liberty; tho
instrument then sounds G by keeping the left-hand fingers all well stopped.-
Go. G sharp is made by taking up the third finger of the left hand, and at
the same time putting down the first and second fingers of the right hand,
being careful to stop the holes close.-A. A natural is made by taking the
right-hand fingers off again, at the same time time keeping the third finger of
the left hand off-A# or B. A sharp or B flat is made by taking up tho
second finger and putting down the third finger.-B. B natural is made
by taking up the third finger, the first finger only stopping the upper hole,
which is half filled up with ebony for the purpose of avoiding the difficulty of
pinched notes. C. C natural is made by taking off the first finger, leaving all
the holes open but that stopped by the thumb of the left hand, which must be
stopped to make every note of the instrument except C sharp.-C. C sharp
is made by taking off the thumb and putting on the second finger of the left

page_text: and.-D. The middle D, or D on the fourth line, is made by putting all
he fingers and thumb on again except the first finger of the left hand; that
eing kept off leaves the hole that is half filled up open, which must be con-
inued so for all the notes above middle D.-D. D sharp is made as before,
by sliding off the hole so as to have it half open to.-E, E. The third finger.
quite off-F. F natural by sliding the second finger, as before mentioned o.-
FF sharp by taking the first finger quite off.-G, G. The second finger.
taken off, the second and third finger of the left hand will then be the only
fingers on the instrument.-G#. G sharp differs a little from the octave below;
it is made by taking the third finger of the left hand up and putting the first.
finger of the right down.-A. A natural is made by taking the first finger of
the right off again, which leaves the second finger of the left hand only on the.
instrument.-A# or B'. A sharp or B flat is made by putting down the first,
second, and third fingers of the right hand, the second finger of the left hand
remaining the same as for A natural.-B. B natural is made by taking up
the third finger only of the right hand.-C. C natural is made by taking up.
the second finger of the left hand, which of course leaves only the first and
second fingers of the right hand stopped on the instrument.-C#. C sharp is
made by the third finger of the left hand, and the first, third, and little fingers
of the right hand.-D. D natural is produced by taking the little finger only
of the right hand off.-D. D sharp by the third finger of each hand only
stopping their holes.-E. E natural is produced by stopping with the second
finger of the left hand, and the third finger of the right hand only. This
note requires a small increase of blowing.
A Scale of the other half of the Instrument.-The instrument contains six keys.
for the performance of this scale. One of these keys is attached to a valve or
pallet in the interior of the instrument, as appears in the annexed section. This.
key is used by the little finger of the right hand, at the pleasure of the performer,
for the entire purpose of introducing the second to the air he may be playing.
Or on the contrary, by taking the finger off this key, the second will be instantly
silenced.-D. The lowest note in the scale of this part of the double flageolette
is D below the line, which is made by pressing too the lowest key on the instru-
ment with the thumb of the right hand, which it will be found very convenient
to do. E is made by taking the thumb off this key.-F. F sharp is made by
5 the little finger of the left hand being put on the lower key for that finger.-G
is made by another key conveniently placed for the thumb of the right hand.
A is made by a third key placed for the thumb also of the right hand.-B is
made by the upper key for the little finger of the left hand.-C. C natural is
produced by keeping the B key open and opening the A koy with the thumb

page_text: at the same time. This is the only note in this scale which requires two keys
to be opened at one time, therefore it will be perfectly easy to the performers
to play this scale, as they will perceive that the thumb of the right hand
the little finger of the left produce casily the whole scale of this part of the
instrument without the least interference of the fingers which are used for
playing the primo on the other part of this instrument; and in order to assist the
learner the names of the notes are marked on the keys which they produce.
D, E, F, and G, fifth space, are produced the same as the octavo below in
respect to the fingering by blowing a little harder.-G, fifth space, is the
highest note on this scale.
The mode of tuning flagcolettes hitherto to any certain pitch has been by
drawing out the joint, which puts the whole system out of tune, as by that
mode the instrument is lengthened, and of course the scale thereby becomes
affected; but the double flageolette may be correctly tuned without affecting
the scale by sliding the cap of it. up or down, so as to shade the lip or flew
from whence the tone proceeds. The cap being lined with metal will be
found.to perform this operation with the greatest correctness; this instrument
may therefore be tuned to any pitch with casc.
In witness whereof, I have here set my hand and seal, the Tenth day
of January, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
sovon
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twelfth day of January, in the
jear above mentioned, the aforesaid Thomas Scott came before our Lord
the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification aforesaid, and
all and every thing therein contained, in form above written. And also the
Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the Statute
in that case made and provided.
Inrolled the same Twelfth day of January, in the year above written.