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Taxi whistle
This is a taxi whistle, used by doormen and concierges at hotels to call passing taxis to pick up customers. The sound of its two tones was intended to differentiate it from the sound of a police whistle.
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- 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:8 cm