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Flute. Nominal pitch: C.
Technical description: Boxwood; 5 sections; silver keys except B♭ key (german silver); 5 ivory ferrules plus cap; graduated, wood-covered tuning-slide; graduated screw-stopper; metal-lined head; large oval embouchure-hole; overlapping low C/C♯ touches; G♯ keytouch stands very high. Keymount type: ring/knob. Keyhead type: pewter plug except B♭ key (flat round); metal-lined key-holes. Repair History: B♭ key is a replacement; embouchure-hole and left hand finger-holes appear to have been enlarged.
- Date:
1785-1814 - Maker:
R.Potter or W.H.Potter - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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London/England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.121.12 Open side-blown flutes with fingerholes
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.12 Open side-blown flutes with fingerholes
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:664
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15315