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Transverse flute
Transverse flute. Boxwood body. Four joints. Ivory ferrules. Endcap missing. Four brass keys, block mounted with square flat flaps and leather pads. Head joint stamped: METZLER & Co./37/GREAT/MARLBOROUGH St./LONDON; Upper joint, lower joint and foot joint stamped: METZLER & Co./LONDON
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circa 1845 - Maker:
Metzler & 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:ivory, leather, 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: 23.2283 x 1.1811 x 1.1811 in.; 590 x 30 x 30 mm