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Double flageolet. Nominal pitch: G (three-finger tonic).
Technical description: Boxwood; 5 sections; silver keys and 2 cutters; ivory ferrules, mouthpiece and studs; left-hand pipe has 6 finger-holes (top one containing ebony plug) plus thumb-hole, and keys for D and D?; right-hand pipe has 4 finger-holes, and keys for C (thumb, with ebony plug in key-hole), B and D?; vent-hole at foot of each pipe on keymount; two-part wind-cap; brass pins through body of head section. Keymount type: ring/knob. Keyhead type: flat square, notched and chamfered.Technical description: Boxwood; 5 sections; silver keys and 2 cutters; ivory ferrules, mouthpiece and studs; left-hand pipe has 6 finger-holes (top one containing ebony plug) plus thumb-hole, and keys for D and D♯; right-hand pipe has 4 finger-holes, and keys for C (thumb, with ebony plug in key-hole), B and D♯; vent-hole at foot of each pipe on keymount; two-part wind-cap; brass pins through body of head section. Keymount type: ring/knob. Keyhead type: flat square, notched and chamfered.
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1808-1820 - Maker:
Bainbridge & Wood [Corporation] - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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London/England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.222.12 Sets of open flutes with internal duct with fingerholes
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.222.12 Sets of open flutes with internal duct with fingerholes
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:407
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/14694