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Recorder;Voice Flute

Voice flute (D tenor recorder) of dark wood (perhaps rosewood) with ivory ferrules at the bottom of the head and top and bottom of the foot. Tenons are cork lapped.

  • Date:
    early 18th century
  • Maker:
    Hail
  • Collection:
    Bate Collection, Oxford
  • Inventory number:
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  • Place of production:
    France?
  • Culture:
  • Period:
  • Materials:Wood;Plant;Ivory;Tooth;Animal;Cork
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  • Inscriptions:HAIL [very faint on head] HAIL [with three fleur de lys on foot]
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:
  • Repository:Bate Collection, Oxford
  • Measurements:Max L = 607 mm Max Diam [foot] = 54 mm