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F flute.
Technical description: cocus; 4 sections (body in one piece); german silver keys; 6 german silver ferrules; wooden cap; metal-lined head; tuning-slide; wooden screw-stopper; oval embouchure-hole; cork-lapped tenons; Boehm-style foot mechanism arrangement, with curved keyshank from rod to D♯ keyhead.; Nominal pitch: E♭.; Type or system: 8 keys.; Keyhead type: shallow cup.; Keymount type: rod/pillar, leaf springs except for foot mechanism (needle).; ; Usable pitch: in present condition sounding A? c|458|Hz.; Performance characteristics: [original range C₄|-|A₆ (sounding E♭₄|-|C₇)]; in present condition does not speak below E₄ (sounding G₄) or above E₆ (sounding G₆).
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Circa|1860 - 1895 - Maker:
F. Besson [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 "F. BESSON / LONDON" with a star; at top of body stamped "7160".
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.12 Open side-blown flutes with fingerholes
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: 531 (to top of head, without cap).; Sounding length: 473.; Bore: conical.