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Double flageolet

"Two boxwood pipes of equal length, held in wide head joint with two shut-off keys, one being a later replacement. The ivory mouthpiece is missing. Ivory mounted, with silver keys. The left-hand pipe has two keys and an undrilled block for an F key not fitted. The right-hand pipe has three keys, of which one is at the back." Anthony Baines, Catalogue of Musical Instruments in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Part II: Non-keyboard instruments (London, 1998), p. 89.

  • Date:
    about 1820 (Made)
  • Maker:
    Bainbridge, William [Person]
  • Collection:
    Victoria and Albert Museum
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  • Place of production:
    London
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  • Materials:Turned and bored boxwood tubing, turned ivory mounts, silver
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  • Inscriptions:Bainbridge 35 Holborn Hill London Patent
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  • Repository:Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Measurements:Length: 39 cm total