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Transverse flute
Transverse flute. Boxwood. Five joints. Nickel silver keys and ivory ferrules. Six keys, block mounted with a combination of pewter plugs and stuffed leather pads. String lapped tenons. End cap and embouchure-hole bushing missing. Metal tuning slide connects head joint to barrel. Head joint ferrule stamped: PATENT; Barrel joint stamped: WILLm.HENRY/POTTER/IOHNSON'S COURT/FLEET STREET/LONDON; Upper joint and lower joint stamped: WILLm.HENRY/POTTER; Foot joint stamped: PATENT/WILLm.HENRY/POTTER. One of a pair with 2004.1022.
- 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, leather, pewter, nickel silver, boxwood
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.12 Open side-blown flutes with fingerholes
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 668 x 32 x 32 mm