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B♭ flute.
Technical description: stained laburnum; 2 sections; brass key; 3 brass ferrules; wooden cap; oval embouchure-hole set diagonally (right-hand side is angled away from the player).; Nominal pitch: A?.; Type or system: 1 key.; Keyhead type: flat round.; Keymount type: ring.; Usable pitch: sounding A₄ c|450|Hz; possibly intended to play at British Army Regulation pitch (1878), A₄ 451.9|Hz.; Performance characteristics: range D₄|-|G₆ (sounding B♭₄|-|E♭₇); sound not clear on lowest notes in present condition.
- Date:
Mid 19th century - Maker:
J. Higham [Corporation] - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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London. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.121.12 Open side-blown flutes with fingerholes
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- Inscriptions:Stamped "IMPROVED / LONDON / B".
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.12 Open side-blown flutes with fingerholes
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: 382.; Sounding length: 324.; Bore: conical.