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Transverse flute
Flute in B flat. Boxwood body with brass ferrules. Holes subject to later alteration: one tone hole is plugged with cork, two have wooden bushes and three have wooden plug/studs. Lowest tone hole has a recess for a possible key shank. Two joints. Conical bore. Head joint is open but stopped inside, possibly with cork. Head joint inscribed: B/T.Prowse/Hannray Street/London; Body joint inscribed: T.Prowse,/London
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1825-1875 - Maker:
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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, cork, copper alloy, boxwood
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- Inscriptions:
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.12 Open side-blown flutes with fingerholes
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements: overall: 390 x 23 x 23 mm