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Dated historic flutes
A list of extant early flutes with dates marked on
them
For further details of these instruments, look them
up in the 
18th-century Flute Database. If you know of others,
please add them to the
list.
| MAKER |
LOCATION |
DATE |
| Anonymous |
A Vienna: KHM GDMF 88 renfl (P33) |
1501 |
| Anonymous |
R-St Petersburg 463 ?ex Snoeck renfl |
1601 |
| Anciuti |
I Milan: Castello Sforzesco 320 |
1725 |
| Bizey, Charles |
D Nürnberg MIR 282 |
1736 |
| Welf, P.N. |
D Leipzig: 1236 |
1736 |
| Anciuti |
A Vienna: KHM 371 (GdM) |
1739 |
| Heise, J.C. |
D Korbach: Heimatmuseum |
1741 |
| Gedney, Caleb |
US Boston: MFA 1983.330 ex Shorey
ex Moskowitz ex Champion |
1769 |
| Florio |
Sotheby's 07-14-90 |
1771 |
| Potter, Richard |
US Chicago: Historical Society (TKF
2) |
1776 |
| Potter, Richard |
Sotheby's 11-27-75 (TKF 1) |
1776 |
| Potter, Richard |
GB London: Horniman 14.5.47/193 (TKF
3) |
1777 |
| Potter, Richard |
US Washington: DCM 405 (TKF 4) |
1778 |
| Potter, Richard |
USSR St Petersburg 853 (TKF 5) |
1778 |
| Potter, Richard |
GB London: Ford (Made for Music 1986)
(TKF 6) |
1779 |
| Potter, Richard |
Sotheby's New York 6-13-83 lot 246
(TKF 7) |
1779 |
| Potter, Richard |
Sotheby's New York 6-14-83 lot 153
(TKF 8) |
1779 |
| Potter, Richard |
GB Oxford: Bate 1127 (TKF 9) |
1780 |
| Potter, Richard |
US Rochester: Valenza 10 (TKF 10) |
1781 |
| Potter |
GB-London: Sotheby's 10-27-99 lot
110 |
1782 |
| Potter, Richard |
US Washington: DCM 518 (TKF 11) |
1782 |
| Potter, Richard |
GB Oxford: Bate 1028 (TKF 13) |
1782 |
| Potter, Richard |
Sotheby's 11-22-89 (TKF 14) |
1782 |
| Potter, Richard |
Sotheby's 4-3-85 (TKF 15) |
1782 |
| Potter, Richard |
US Ann Arbor: Stout (TKF 12) |
1782 |
| Potter, Richard |
Sotheby's 11-22-89 |
1782 |
| Potter, Richard |
Sotheby's 4-3-85 |
1782 |
| Sattler, C.W. |
S Stockholm: Musikmuseet F.737 |
1782 |
| Potter, Richard |
US Bowdoinham: Shorey (TKF 16--prob.
= TKF 10) |
1784 |
| Grenser, A. |
D Rostock: Y4900 per Waterhouse |
1788 |
| Cahusac, Thomas the ? |
GB Oxford: Bate x10 Baines loan ex
Carse |
1789 |
| Grenser, A. |
US Washington: DCM 949 |
1789 |
| Grenser, A. |
J Tokyo: Iino ex Bingham ex Soth.
11-87 ex Wilems |
1789 |
| Grenser, A. |
D Köln: Ossenbrünner |
1789 |
| Grenser, A. |
D Schwerin: Ludwigslust (lost) |
1789 |
| Otto, J.G. |
D Leipzig 1252 |
1791 |
| Otto, Johann Georg |
US New Haven CT: Yale 3231.88 |
1792 |
| Fornari, Andrea |
A Vienna: Stradner |
1794 |
| Grenser, A. |
DK Copenhagen: anonymous |
1795 |
| Grenser, A. |
D Leipzig 3145 |
1796 |
| Grenser, A. |
NL Hague Ea 96-1950 |
1796 |
| Monzani, Tebaldo |
F Paris E.980.2.251 |
1796 |
| Grassi, B. |
CH Geneva: Mus. Instr. 102 |
1797 |
| Otto, J.G. |
US Washington: DCM 386 |
1797 |
| Grenser, A. |
J Japan ex Sotheby's 11-18-93 |
1798 |
| Grenser, A. |
GB Wigan: Redford |
1798 |
| Grenser, A. fake |
US Vermillion: Shrine 3574 |
1798 |
| Otto, J.G. "Grenser, A."
fake |
US Vermillion: Shrine 3574 |
1798 |
| Magazzari, Ermenegildo |
I Bologna: Museo Civico 1837 |
1799 |
| Guérin |
F Paris E.980.2.47 |
1800 |
| Otto, J.G. |
US Vermillion: Shrine 2668 |
1800 |
| Magazzari, Ermenegildo |
I Bologna: Museo Civico 1812b |
1801 |
| Anonymous |
US Washington: DCM 1348 |
1803 |
| Wood, James |
US Washington: DCM 343 |
1804 |
| Holtzapffel, J.D. |
D-Frankfurt: Spohr 82222 |
1806 |
| Laurent, Claude |
US Washington: DCM 1051 |
1807 |
| Otto |
GB London: Christie's 11-19-98 and
subsequent sales at Phillips etc. |
1809 |
| Kirst, F.G.A. |
D Berlin 4089 |
1810 |
| Laurent, Claude |
D Leipzig 3999 |
1811 |
| Martin |
S Stockholm: Musikmuseet 452 |
1814 |
| Freyer & Martin |
D Peine: G. Hart |
1816 |
| Fornari, Andrea |
D Munich: BNM Mu 27/162 |
1819 |
| Laurent, Claude |
D Leipzig 1259 |
1819 |
| Whitaker & Co. |
US Washington: DCM 1261 |
1819 |
| Martin |
US Washington: DCM 399 |
1820 |
| Whitaker |
SF Helsinki: Helin |
1820 |
| Whitaker & Co. |
US Washington: DCM 1356 |
1820 |
| Wiesner, S.G. |
D Leipzig 3465 |
1826 |
| Koch, Stefan |
US Washington: DCM 1039 |
1835 |
| Koch, Stefan |
US-Bowdoinham: Shorey |
1837 |
| Quantz [3 fakes, by Julius Scheteilg] |
D Leipzig 1236, 1236a, 1236b |
1913 |
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