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Transverse flute
Transverse flute. Boxwood. Five joints. Nickel silver-plated keys and tuning slide and ivory ferrules and end cap. Six keys, block mounted, pewter plugs. Five joints. String lapped tenons. Head joint ferrule is stamped: PATENT; Tenon on barrel acts as tuning slide and is stamped 4 and 5 at different depths. Barrel is also stamped: 6/POTTER/JOHNSON'S COURT/FLEET STREET/LONDON; Upper joint and lower joint stamped: POTTER/LONDON; Foot joint stamped: PATENT/POTTER/LONDON
- Date:
circa 1815 - Maker:
Potter, William Henry [Person] - Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - 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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- Materials:string, ivory, pewter, nickel silver-plating, copper alloy, boxwood
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.12 Open side-blown flutes with fingerholes
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 710 x 36 x 36 mm