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This "Acme" pea whistle is made of nickel plated brass. Joseph Hudson was the inventor of this now ubiquitous form of whistle. For many years his company was the sole supplier of these type of whistles to police forces in the United Kingdom.
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after 1870 - Maker:
Joseph Hudson Company - Collection:
Kirklees Museums and Galleries - Inventory number:
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England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.221.311 Stopped flutes with internal duct, without fingerholes with fixed stopped lower end
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.221.311 Stopped flutes with internal duct, without fingerholes with fixed stopped lower end
- Repository:Kirklees Museums and Galleries
- Measurements:5 cm