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Flute. Nominal pitch: C.
Technical description: Boxwood; 5 sections; silver keys; 5 ivory ferrules plus cap; wood-covered tuning-slide; graduated screw-stopper; metal-lined head; oval embouchure-hole; small finger-holes; overlapping low C / C♯ touches. Keymount type: ring/knob, with brass-lined channels. Keyhead type: pewter plug, with metal-lined key-holes. Repair History: Tuning-slide section probably does not belong to this instrument (slightly different wood).
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1802-1805 - Maker:
Cahusac - Collection:
University of Edinburgh - Inventory number:
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London/England - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.121.12421.121.2 Partly-stopped side-blown flutes
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.12421.121.2 Partly-stopped side-blown flutes
- Repository:University of Edinburgh
- Measurements:677
- View the original record:https://collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17970