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Flute. Nominal pitch: C.
Technical description: Boxwood; 5sections; silver keys; 4ivory ferrules plus cap; screw-stopper; [tuning-slide]; metal-lined head; large circular embouchure-hole. R0: Keymount type: ring/knob. Keyhead type: pewter plug, with metal-lined key-holes. Repair History: Wide brass band added at head socket to inhibit crack; pin remains in B♭keymount, but is probably a replacement; embouchure-hole may have been enlarged.
- Date:
1785-1837 - Maker:
R.Potter or W.H.Potter - 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:666
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16774