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Transverse flute
Transverse flute. Boxwood body. Five joints. Ivory ferrules and endcap. Six nickel silver-plated keys (one missing), block mounted, with pewter plugs. Mounts have brass inlays either side of the key shanks. String lapped tenons. Upper joint and lower joint stamped: CLEMENTI & Co.; Foot joint and ferrule of head joint stamped: PATENT
- Date:
1800-1825 - Maker:
Clementi & 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:string, ivory, cork, pewter, nickel silver-plating, copper alloy, boxwood
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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 1.378 x 1.378 in.; 670 x 35 x 35 mm