Robbert Wijne
The new Robert Wijne described further below now also is available in 415. I like this flute very much.
As all Wijne it should be played not covering the mouth hole and then is really powerfull and infinitely flexible.
The next information is taken from the Ph. D thesis of Dr. Bouterse [1].
Robbert Wijne was born 30 October 1698 in
Nijmegen.
He was the eldest son from the marriage of Hendrik Wijne and Aaltje
Temmen. His father probably was a locksmith. Robbert married 9 April 1724. He
fathered eight children. Several were in turn involved in professions related to
music. There are quite a number of instruments or parts of instruments left in
Musea and private collections, mainly in the Netherlands.
Robbert Wijne died 30
July 1774 in Nijmegen. It seems that the family was rather well of as they owned
at least two houses.
It should be noted that there was at least
one other flute maker in the family , Willem Wijne. Also from Willem Wijne there
still exists one flute.
There are some six originals of flutes of Robbert Wijne in Holland. Three of those I have measured.
The instrument below is now owned by Jan Bouterse in the Netherlands. It has amongst others 400 and 413 middle pieces playing very well.
Some of the professional players trying it said it was the best they ever plaid. I have the first copy now which is as exactly as I could copy the original. This is always how I start. Next thing I am going with Jed to compare with the original.
We compared and as ususal I am close. I already also made a 415 from the 413 recalculating the whole flute. So now there are the 400/413 and the 415.
Several professional players already are playing the 415!
