This cocuswood marching or band flute was made by the company Henry Potter & Co. Henry Potter & Co was started back in 1810 by Regimental Drum Major Samuel POTTER (1772-1836). He named the company after his son Henry Potter (1810-1876) and it still exists today.The company moved premises around...
This eight-keyed flute, crafted in boxwood with silver keys features patented pewter plugs and a metal-lined head joint with tuning slide. The rings and screw cork are made of ivory. It has the markings 4, 5, 6 on the barrel and there are also markings on the ivory stopper indicator. It...
This piccolo is made of beautiful boxwood with ivory ferrules and a single brass key. It was made in London by POTTER, most likely Richard POTTER (1726-1806). Its flat plate D-sharp key is nicely scalloped and very typical for the time. The nominal pitch of this Potter instrument is C....
The Potters were a celebrated family of woodwind instrument makers and musicians working in the Classical Period in central London. Their story is a fascinating one and the subject of much detailed research specifically about flutes as they were flute specialists. Surviving Potter flutes outnumber by far those of other...
The surname POTTER is synonymous with instrument making, especially flutes. We tend to think of a certain Richard POTTER (1726-1806), who was the first of three generations of London instrument makers. But there was another family of POTTERS, active in the manufacture of wind instruments and drums, at the same...
