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Flûte d'amour
Flute d'amore. Nominal pitch: G. Rosewood. Four joints. Nickel silver key, ivory end cap and ferrules. One key, block mounted with square flat flap and leather pad. String-lapped tenons. Six tone holes. Lowest note A. Small repair to block mount is visible. No inscriptions.
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1700-1900 - Maker:
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Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Europe - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.121.12 Open side-blown flutes with fingerholes
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- Materials:string, ivory, leather, silver-plating, copper alloy, rosewood, steel
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.12 Open side-blown flutes with fingerholes
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 780 x 38 x 38 mm