Louis Lot · Flute · C
Model 5 — Louis Lot model 5 flute
Introduced1850 onwards
Discontinuedunknown
Lot's standard silver Boehm flute, introduced with Godfroy around 1850 and described as the most widely copied flute model ever designed; the 1858 list price was 500 francs.
Silver flute with C foot; trill to the thumb B key; Dorus G#.
Where it sits. Introduced 1850, a current line. To date a specific Louis Lot instrument, use the serial number — the model era is the context, the number is the date.