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Flute. Nominal pitch: C.
Technical description: Rosewood; 4 sections (body in one piece); german silver keys; 5 german silver ferrules; metal-lined head; long tuning-slide; graduated screw-stopper; large oval embouchure-hole; large finger-holes, especially L2, R1, R2; cork beneath several keytouches; overlapping low C/C? touches. Keymount type: knob, with saddles. Keyhead type: cup, with pewter plugs and metal key-hole surrounds for low C/C?.Technical description: Rosewood; 4 sections (body in one piece); german silver keys; 5 german silver ferrules; metal-lined head; long tuning-slide; graduated screw-stopper; large oval embouchure-hole; large finger-holes, especially L2, R1, R2; cork beneath several keytouches; overlapping low C/C♯ touches. Keymount type: knob, with saddles. Keyhead type: cup, with pewter plugs and metal key-hole surrounds for low C/C♯.
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1855 or shortly before - Maker:
Hudson - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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London/England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.121.2 Partly-stopped side-blown flutes
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.2 Partly-stopped side-blown flutes
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:658
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/14610