A case in old reclaimed mahogany for a copy of a 'Quantz' 2-keyed flute made by Rod Cameron. The lid is a solid panel and the case is fitted with side or 'S' hooks, recessed to reduce the possibility of their coming unhooked in transit. The exterior is sealed and waxed.

All my cases can be fitted out to include as many joints as necessary [this one more than most with 7 centres, 2 headjoints and 2 foot joints] and to take all the usual accessories such as cleaning rod and grease pot. Here there was also space included for extra spacing rings to fit in the headjoint socket helpful for all that adjusting to different pitches!

This flute is unusual in that it is basically a one-keyed Baroque flute, but with two keys. Johann Joaquim Quantz, teacher and composer at the court of King Frederick the Great of Prussia, considered that a second key was beneficial for the tuning of certain notes, primarily to help in distinguishing between the notes E flat and D sharp. In the temperaments in use at the time these were actually different pitches and flats were commonly played slightly higher than sharps. So, the use of the appropriate key facilitated the playing of these notes at the 'correct' pitch, and could also be used to very slightly change the pitch of many other notes. Tromlitz considered this flute to be the ultimate Baroque instrument, so much so that ... but this is supposed to be about cases, not about the intricacies of historic flutes. Interesting, though.