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Double flageolet. Nominal pitch: B♭ (three-finger tonic).
Technical description: Boxwood; 5 sections; silver keys and 2 cutters; ivory ferrules, mouthpiece and studs; left-hand pipe has 6 finger-holes (top one containing ebony plug), and keys for D, F, D[?]and low C?; right-hand pipe has 4 finger-holes, keys for C (thumb, with ebony plug in key-hole), B, F and D?, and vent-hole at foot; two-part wind-cap. Keymount type: knob. Keyhead type: 7 flat octagonal, 1 open-standing round flat for low C?.Technical description: Boxwood; 5 sections; silver keys and 2 cutters; ivory ferrules, mouthpiece and studs; left-hand pipe has 6 finger-holes (top one containing ebony plug), and keys for D, F, D[♯]and low C♯; right-hand pipe has 4 finger-holes, keys for C (thumb, with ebony plug in key-hole), B, F and D♯, and vent-hole at foot; two-part wind-cap. Keymount type: knob. Keyhead type: 7 flat octagonal, 1 open-standing round flat for low C♯.
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Circa 1826 - c1830 - Maker:
Simpson - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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London/England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.222.12 Sets of open flutes with internal duct with fingerholes
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.222.12 Sets of open flutes with internal duct with fingerholes
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:398
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17543