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Transverse flute
Transverse flute. Ebony. Three joints. Silver ferrules and keys. Eight keys, block mounted with circular flat flaps and leather pads. Duplicate B-flat touch piece. Cork lapped tenons. Head joint is stamped: MONZANI & CO./2; Body joint is stamped: MONZANI & Co./24 DOVER St/LONDON/1484; Foot joint is stamped: MONZANI & Co.; Crown emblem is stamped above these body joint and foot joint inscriptions and on every key flap. The word: PATENT; is also stamped on the body joint and foot joint.
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1816 - 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:steel, ivory, cork, copper alloy, leather, 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: 26.378 x 1.2598 x 1.2598 in.; 670 x 32 x 32 mm