Vintage Albert Cooper Silver Handmade Flute #163
Our Description
Whether you are a professional flautist, an aspiring musician, or a collector of fine instruments, the Albert Cooper Flute offers an extraordinary playing experience. With its exceptional craftsmanship, superb sound quality, and innovative design, this flute stands as a testament to the artistry and dedication of Albert Cooper.
This is a rare opportunity to purchase an Albert Cooper silver flute. Albert only made 93 flutes (he started serial numbers at 101), so these do not come up for sale often.
About Albert Cooper
Albert Cooper was an English flute maker who apprenticed at Rudall Carte until the war. After discharge, he returned to Rudall Carte but left in 1959 and set himself up as a flute maker.
Cooper is credited with revolutionising the flute in the second half of the 20th century, and is arguably the most important flute maker since Theobald Boehm. His primary contribution was the Cooper Scale, where the position and size of the flute's tone holes were accurately determined to improve the tuning and harmonic positioning of the flute. The Cooper scale was subsequently almost universally adopted by flute makers, and forms the basis of other modern 'scales' including the Wibb scale.
Cooper's other area of innovation was in headjoint design. His alterations to the embouchure size and cut are widely acknowledged for improving the dynamic range, colour palette and responsiveness of the flute.
Cooper made just 80 C flutes, 8 alto flutes, 2 piccolos (both with C foot), 3 bass flutes and 1 flute in B flat; his instruments are still highly sought by players.
Specifications
- Fully handmade flute
- .925 solid throughout
- Closed holes
- Offset G key
- C footjoint
- Soldered tone holes
- Brosser F#
What's Included
- Hard case
- Cleaning accessories
Item Details
Item number: C207775 (Please quote this Item Number if you contact us about this item)Serial number: 163***
Manufacturer: Albert Cooper
Model number: Silver Handmade
Category: Antique and Vintage Flutes
Buy second hand with confidence
Unless stated otherwise, all of our pre-owned, ex-demo and ex-display instruments are cleaned and checked, set up or serviced in our workshop prior to sale.
