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Transverse flute
Transverse flute. Ebony body. Three joints. Ivory ferrules and endcap. Six silver block mounted keys (turned away block mounts) with square flat flaps and leather pads. Two keys have missing touch pieces. String lapped tenons. Head joint is stamped: MONZANI & Co.; Body joint is stamped: MONZANI & Co./24 DOVER St./LONDON/828; Crown emblem is stamped above both inscriptions and on every key flap.
- Date:
1812 - Maker:
Monzani & Co [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, ivory, leather, nickel silver, ebony
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.12 Open side-blown flutes with fingerholes
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 25.4724 x 1.2598 x 1.2598 in.; 647 x 32 x 32 mm