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English flageolet / piccolo.
Technical description: rosewood; 3 sections, plus additional (piccolo) head; [silver plated] keys and ferrules; 6 finger-holes, no thumb-hole; flageolet has wind-cap and bone mouthpiece; piccolo has circular embouchure-hole.; Nominal pitch: D (six-finger tonic).; Type or system: 6 keys.; Keyhead type: saltspoon.; Keymount type: ring/knob.; L0: @I{B♭..L1: @I{T.L2: @I{T.L3: @I{T.L4: @I{G♯; long F..R1: @I{T; C.R2: @I{T.R3: @I{T; cross F.R4: @I{D♯.; ; Performance characteristics: based on a scale of D (six-finger tonic); [lowest six-finger note sounds D₅]; not playable in present condition.
- Date:
Late 19th century - Maker:
Barnett Samuel (`Dulcet'). - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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London. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.221.12 Open flutes with internal duct with fingerholes
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- Inscriptions:Stamped on flageolet head section with a crown and "IMPROVED / PATENT / FLUTE / FLAGEOLET / LONDON / D"; and on wind-cap with "TRADE MARK", a triangle and beater, and "DULCET".
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.221.12 Open flutes with internal duct with fingerholes
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: 382 as flageolet; 308 as piccolo.; Sounding length: 266 as flageolet; 259 as piccolo.; Bore: