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Fife. Boxwood with copper ferrules. Six tone holes. Two joints. String lapped tenon. Bulbous section on head joint with stringing on the outside. End of head joint is open but stopped inside, possibly with cork.
- Date:
1775-1825 - Maker:
- Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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- Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.121.12 Open side-blown flutes with fingerholes
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- Materials:string, 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: 355 x 25 x 25 mm