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F flute.
Technical description: boxwood; 4 sections; brass key; 5 ivory ferrules plus cap; large oval embouchure-hole.; Nominal pitch: E♭.; Type or system: 1 key.; Keyhead type: cup.; Keymount type: ring.; Usable pitch: sounding A₄ c|459|Hz.; Performance characteristics: range D₄|-|G₆ (sounding F₄|-|B♭₆); strong sound, including bottom notes.
- Date:
1850-73 - Maker:
John Beckett. - 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 "Beckett. / FROM / Wood & Ivy / LONDON / 3" (lower case letters in script).
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.12 Open side-blown flutes with fingerholes
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: 493.; Sounding length: 435.; Bore: conical.