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Flute. Nominal pitch: C.
Technical description: Stained boxwood; 4 sections; brass key; 4 ivory ferrules plus cap; large oval embouchure-hole; roughly-cut finger-holes on upper body. Keymount type: ring; SATK. Keyhead type: flat square. Repair History: Upper body has no maker's mark and is possibly a short replacement for playing at a higher pitch; embouchure altered.
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Ante 1777 - p1795 - Maker:
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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:614
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17655