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Flute. Nominal pitch: C.
Technical description: Ivory; 5 sections; silver keys; 7 decorated silver ferrules; ivory cap; screw-stopper; metal tuning-slide; small, slightly oval embouchure-hole; small finger-holes; cork added beneath touches to reduce key noise; elegant instrument with distinctive grain and slim keytouches; G♯ key-hole set on nearside, with shank passing over instrument, C keyshank arched to avoid it; low C and C♯ keys are depressed by shanks passing down instrument raising shanks at right angles; they have overlapping touches. Keymount type: knob, and saddles. Keyhead type: saltspoon. Repair History: Repadded; C mount, and piece chipped from upper tenon, replaced with lighter ivory.
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1818 - p1819 - Maker:
Drouet - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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London/England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.121.12 Open side-blown flutes with fingerholes
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.12 Open side-blown flutes with fingerholes
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:670
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/18189