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Transverse flute
Transverse flute. African blackwood (grenadilla). Three joints. Silver ferrules and keywork. Four rings and tracker-action foot keys. Conical bore. Cork lapped tenons. Patent cork adjusting mechanism operated by a dial on the head joint. Two circles of numbers stamped around the dial. The outer circle reads: 0/1/2/3/4/5/6/0/6/5/4/3/2/1; the inner circle reads: /2/3/4/5/6/5/4/3/2/1; The head joint is also stamped: CORNELIUS WARD/PATENTER; The barrel joint and body joint are stamped: CORNELIUS WARD/LONDON
- Date:
circa 1840 - Maker:
Ward, Cornelius [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:leather, cork, silver-plating, copper alloy, granadilla
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.12 Open side-blown flutes with fingerholes
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 27.5591 x 1.378 x 1.378 in.; 700 x 35 x 35 mm