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Flute.
Technical description: cocus; ivory head; 4 sections (lower body and foot in one piece); german silver keys; 6 german silver ferrules; german silver cap; metal-lined head; long tuning-slide; wooden screw-stopper with german silver tip; large, slightly oval embouchure-hole; adjacent low C/C♯ touches; G♯ key is set diagonally on upper body.; Nominal pitch: C.; Type or system: 8 keys.; Keyhead type: cylinder cup.; Keymount type: rod/pillar, with leaf springs.; Usable pitch: A₄ c|439|Hz|-|c|451|Hz.; Performance characteristics: [original range C₄|-|C₇]; in present condition does not speak above A₆; plays with a strong sound in the middle and upper registers.
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Second half of the 19th century - Maker:
J. Wallis [Corporation] - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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Probably Germany. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.121.12
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- Inscriptions:No inscriptions.
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.12
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: 665.; Sounding length: 583.; Bore: conical.