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Flute

'Silver, in two joints, the foot joint being integral to the main joint. Cylindrical Boehm system with open G sharp key. An engraved silver sleeve on the head joint gives this part its required outside diameter at the mouth-hole.' - Anthony Baines: Catalogue of Musical Instruments in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Part II: Non-keyboard instruments (London, 1998), p. 94.

  • Date:
    about 1892 (Made)
  • Maker:
    Rudall, Carte & Co [Corporation]
  • Collection:
    Victoria and Albert Museum
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  • Place of production:
    London
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  • Materials:chased silver
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  • Inscriptions:Rudall Carte & Co. 23 Berners Street Oxford Street London W.
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  • Repository:Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Measurements:Length: 64 cm