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Flute.
Technical description: rosewood; 5 sections; silver keys; 7 wide, grooved german silver ferrules; metal-lined head; long tuning-slide; wooden cap (no screw-stopper); large, irregular oval embouchure-hole; medium-sized finger-holes; cork-lapped tenons; overlapping low C/C♯ touches; slim, linear design.; Nominal pitch: C.; Type or system: 8 keys.; Keyhead type: saltspoon, with pewter plugs and metal key-hole surrounds for low C/C♯.; Keymount type: knob.; Usable pitch: A₄ c|460|Hz.; Performance characteristics: range C₄|-|B♭₆; speaks easily in top register to B♭₆, but no further; feels lightweight in the hands.
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1858-1865 - Maker:
J. Wallis [Corporation] - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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London. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.121.12
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- Inscriptions:Stamped with a lyre and "WALLIS / [6] UNION ST. BO[RO] / LONDON".
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.12
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: 664 (not including 1mm open space at joints).; Sounding length: 587 (as above).; Bore: conical.