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Tenor flute

'Boxwood, in four joints, ivory mounted. One square silver key.' Anthony Baines:Catalogue of Musical Instruments in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Part II: Non-keyboard instruments(London, 1998), p. 92

  • Date:
    1800 - 1810 (Made)
  • Maker:
    Cahusac
  • Collection:
    Victoria and Albert Museum
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  • Place of production:
    London
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  • Materials:Bored and turned boxwood pipes with turned ivory mounts and one silver key.
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  • Inscriptions:Cahusac/ London
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  • Repository:Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Measurements:Length: 75 cm total, Length: 65.5 cm Length from mouth-hole to lower end.