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Transverse flute

Transverse flute. Boxwood body. Four joints. Ivory ferrules and endcap. Four block mounted brass keys with square flat flaps and leather/cork pads. String lapped tenons. Orange-coloured ferrule at base of foot joint is probably a later addition. Head joint is stamped: GOULDING & Co./LONDON; Upper joint, lower joint and foot joint stamped: GOULDING & Co.

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  • Materials:string, cork, leather, copper alloy, 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: 23.622 x 1.1811 x 1.1811 in.; 600 x 30 x 30 mm