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Flute. Nominal pitch: C.
Technical description: Ebony; 5 sections; silver keys; 5 ivory ferrules plus cap; closely graduated metal tuning-slide; graduated screw-stopper; metal-lined head; oval embouchure-hole; overlapping low C/C? touches. Keymount type: ring/knob. Keyhead type: pewter plug, with metal-lined key-holes. Repair History: Foot end of bore crudely enlarged.Technical description: Ebony; 5 sections; silver keys; 5 ivory ferrules plus cap; closely graduated metal tuning-slide; graduated screw-stopper; metal-lined head; oval embouchure-hole; overlapping low C/C♯ touches. Keymount type: ring/knob. Keyhead type: pewter plug, with metal-lined key-holes. Repair History: Foot end of bore crudely enlarged.
- Date:
1809-1837 - Maker:
Potter, William Henry [Person] - 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:670
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15766