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Flute.

Technical description: cocus; 4 sections (lower body and foot in one piece); german silver keys; 6 german silver ferrules (including heavy, domed foot ferrule); metal-lined head; tuning-slide; domed german silver cap, but no screw-stopper; roughly-cut, slightly oval embouchure-hole; small, roughly-cut finger-holes; G♯ key set diagonally on upper body; adjacent low C/C♯ touches.; Nominal pitch: C (or possibly in D♭).; Type or system: 8 keys.; Keyhead type: domed cup.; Keymount type: rod/pillar, with leaf springs.; Usable pitch: if in C, A₄ c|466|Hz; if in D♭, sounding A₄ c|440|Hz.; Performance characteristics: [original range C₄|-|C₇ (sounding D♭₄|-|D♭₇ if in D♭)]; range in present condition D₄|-|G₆ (sounding E♭₄|-|A♭₆ if in D♭).

  • Date:
    Late 19th century
  • Maker:
    J. Wallis [Corporation]
  • Collection:
    Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
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  • Place of production:
    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: 655.; Sounding length: 571.; Bore: conical.