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Flute. Nominal pitch: C.
Technical description: Ivory; 4 sections plus 2 extra corps-de-rechange; silver keys; 4 silver ferrules plus cap; slightly oval embouchure-hole; upper body with keys may not belong to this instrument as the holes are not so steeply undercut and the ivory is more coarse-grained than on the other two corps-de-rechange; large difference in size between two non-keyed corps-de-rechange, little difference in size between the larger of these and that with 2 keys; keyed corps-de-rechange has B? (L0) and G? (L4) keys. Keymount type: ring/knob; SATK. Keyhead type: flat square, notched and chamfered; foot key is slightly curved to fit round tube, and sits nearly flush with ivory. Repair History: Bottom tenon is pinned in on unmarked corps.Technical description: Ivory; 4 sections plus 2 extra corps-de-rechange; silver keys; 4 silver ferrules plus cap; slightly oval embouchure-hole; upper body with keys may not belong to this instrument as the holes are not so steeply undercut and the ivory is more coarse-grained than on the other two corps-de-rechange; large difference in size between two non-keyed corps-de-rechange, little difference in size between the larger of these and that with 2 keys; keyed corps-de-rechange has B♭ (L0) and G♯ (L4) keys. Keymount type: ring/knob; SATK. Keyhead type: flat square, notched and chamfered; foot key is slightly curved to fit round tube, and sits nearly flush with ivory. Repair History: Bottom tenon is pinned in on unmarked corps.
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Late 18th Century-1816 - Maker:
Cahusac [except mid-length corps-de-rechange]. - 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:609, 642 or 653 (latter with upper body having 2 keys).
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15812