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Fife
This instrument was used in the Old Town Band. It is a side-blown fife flute made of a single piece of boxwood with six fingerholes and brass ferrules. It has a cork stopper and an circular embouchure hole. Cylindrical bore. Nominal pitch: B-flat.
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1808–14 - Maker:
Whitaker & Co. [Corporation] - Collection:
Saffron Walden Museum - Inventory number:
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London (Timezone: Europe/London) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.121.12 Open side-blown flutes with fingerholes
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- Inscriptions:Stamped: ST. PAULS CHURCHYD / BUTTON / WHITAKER / LONDON
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.12 Open side-blown flutes with fingerholes
- Repository:Saffron Walden Museum
- Measurements:Length: 386mm