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Transverse flute
Transverse flute. Boxwood. Five joints. Five ivory ferrules and eight silver keys. End cap missing. Keys, block-mounted, six with circular cork covered flaps and two (C & C sharp keys) with pewter plugs. Lowest C key missing flap and part of shank. Tenons lapped with red waxy thread. Upper joint is stamped: RUDALL & ROSE/No.15 PLAZA/COVENT GARDEN/LONDON/1188; Barrel joint, lower joint and foot joint are stamped: RUDALL & ROSE/LONDON
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circa 1840 - Maker:
Rudall & Rose [Corporation] - 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:copper alloy, string, cork, pewter, silver, ivory, boxwood
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.12 Open side-blown flutes with fingerholes
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 25.5906 x 1.4173 x 1.4173 in.; 650 x 36 x 36 mm