Flute: The boxwood flute by Cahusac is a typical late eighteenth century instrument with 6 finger holes and a single silver key. It is turned from boxwood and stained a dark colour. The instrument has ivory rings and an ivory screw tuning slide. Its natural pitch is A430 which is lowered by a corp de rechange to A415 tomatch the piano. Thomas Cahusac, who died in 1798, was a music seller, publisher and musical instrument maker. He traded from Two Flutes and Violin opposite St. Clement's Church in the Strand for many years.

 Violoncello: The English 'cello dates from around 1790 and was probably made by ‘Lockey’ Hill. Like many 18^th century instruments it was ‘modernised’ during the following two centuries in order to make a bigger, more penetrating sound for larger venues and to cope with the increasingly virtuosic repertoire demanded of the 'cello. It has more recently been converted back by lightening the internal construction and reducing the tension of the gut strings, allowing the natural resonances of the instrument to be drawn out with a modern copy of a period bow by Roger Doe.

Pianoforte: By the early 19th century the London firm of John Broadwood had established itself as one of Europe's leading manufacturer of square and grand pianos. Beethoven himself held these instruments in high esteem and they were exported throughout the British Empire. The square piano used for this recording dates from the early 1840s. Typical of its type, its compass extends over six octaves and there is a single sustaining pedal. Its light yet sonorous tone makes it  ideally suited both to accompanying the voice, flute and 'cello and also performing those light textured solos beloved by the Victorians.