L. L. Lebret Conservatoire t=1.0mm 14K PureGold Lip Plate Serial # 2031;
L. L. Lebret Conservatoire t=1.0mm 14K PureGold Lip Plate Serial # 2031; Paris; 1905; French silver body and mechanism, soldered tone holes; sl 680mm; 395g;
Body tube engraving： L.L.Lebret Paris 2031 feur des Conservatoires 。
This flute has been overhauled and is ready to play. The key is 440Hz, but 442Hz can be tuned by adjusting the playing technique.
The back of the 14K PureGold Lip Plate has the word ［LEBRET PARIS ］engraved on it.
The main shaft and trill shaft are one pillar.
This flute is a concert model, a higher grade than the Depose model.
This flute has been overhauled and is ready to play.
Comes with original case with lock
Louis Lon Joseph Lebret (b.1862) spent a decade employed by the Louis Lot firm learning the flutemaking craft. In 1888 he set up an independent shop in Paris and devoted a long career specializing in metal Boehm flutes until turning over the firm to Ren Celles in 1928, who was then succeeded by Robert Malerne in 1932. Peter Spohr puts it quite succinctly, "Lebret belongs together with Lot, for whom he had worked previously, Godfroy, Bonneville and Rive to the famous French makers of Boehm flutes in the 19th century."
Keywork is wonderfully peculiar to L. L. Lebret. Except for the quite normal pointed key arm for the G# at left, Lebret adopts a "raised nipple" pad cup design which he attaches to the mechanism by a longish ball and pillar key arm. Even the tiny F# adjustment lug is similarly sculpted. The spherical key post heads are exaggerated as well, as is the odd base of the thumb key mechanism at the lower left. The ball motive is emphasized throughout with club shaped kickers (oddly reminiscent of ball and claw furniture feet). Even the outer edge of the soldered tone hole facings are convex, giving a more rounded impression than the more common angle bevel or concave chamfering.
This flute is in good overall condition and plays sweetly at A-440 with a slightly hollow sound more evocative of a silver flute. The action is comfortable and quiet, the scale is good. The overall integrity of the plating is excellent despite some surface pitting (which actually adds a bit of extra sparkle if, like milady, you are attracted to shiny objects!).
This is a valuable flute that has not been re-plated and retains its original shine.
LEBRET serial number by year. Year - Serial Number 1888 - 1 1891 - 346 1897 - 1036 1903 - 1776 1909 - 2526 1915 - 3276 1920 - 3901 1924 - 4285 1926 - 4477 (Ren Celles) 1930 - 4861 1932 - 5053 (Robert Malern)
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L. L. Lebret Conservatoire 14K 1mm厚金無垢リッププレート プレート裏側LEBRET PARIS 刻印有り Serial # 2031; Paris; 明治39年頃製造 silver plated French silver body and mechanism, ソルダードトーンホール 全長680mm重量395g; オーバーホール済み
胴部管刻印：L.L.Lebret Paris 2031 feur des Conservatoires 。
Louis Lon Joseph Lebret ルイ・レオン・ジョセフ・ルブレ（1862年生まれ）は、ルイ・ロットの会社で10年間、フルート製造技術を学びました。1888年、彼はパリに独立した店を設立し、1928年に会社をRen Cellesに引き渡し、1932年にRobert Malerneに引き継がれるまで、金属ベームフルートを専門とする長いキャリアを捧げました。
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