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Descant recorder. Nominal pitch: C
Technical description: Ivory; one piece; wooden block; large, heavily-undercut finger-holes; curved windway. A flûte à neuf trous (8 finger-holes plus thumb-hole), the eighth finger-hole is a duplicate to be closed according to whether player has the left hand or right hand lowermost. Repair History: The block is not original.
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Circa 1661 - c1699 - Maker:
Haka, Richard - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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Amsterdam/Netherlands - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.221.12 Open flutes with internal duct with fingerholes
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.221.12 Open flutes with internal duct with fingerholes
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:336.5.
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/15300