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Flute. Nominal pitch: C.
Technical description: Ivory; 5 sections; silver keys; 6 chased silver ferrules; graduated, ivory-covered metal tuning-slide; screw-stopper (if this is graduated, the lines are very faint); metal-lined head; grooves turned on head and tuning-slide section; medium-sized finger-holes (not the large holes characteristic of Nicholson model flutes); large circular embouchure-hole; slender long keytouches; [overlapping low C/C? touches]. Keymount type: ring/knob. Keyhead type: saltspoon. Repair History: Head crack repaired, but some filling dislodged.
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1818-1831 - Maker:
Clementi & Co [Corporation] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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London/England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.121.2 Partly-stopped side-blown flutes
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.2 Partly-stopped side-blown flutes
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:673
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/14567