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Transverse flute
Transverse flute. Boxwood. Five joints. Silver-plated keys and ivory ferrules and end cap. Six-keyed model. Keys are block mounted with pewter plugs. Block mounts are both full/round and turned away and have brass inserts where the key shanks lie. String lapped tenons. No inscriptions. One of a pair with 2004.1021.
- 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, copper alloy, pewter, silver plating, 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: 670 x 34 x 34 mm