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English flageolet.
Technical description: stained boxwood; 3 sections; german silver key (D♯); 7 finger-holes plus thumb-hole; no plug in top finger-hole but it is extremely small; wind-cap.; Nominal pitch: G (three-finger tonic).; Type or system: 1 key.; Keyhead type: cup.; Keymount type: rod/pillar, with leaf spring.; Usable pitch: sounding A₄ c|444|Hz.; Performance characteristics: based on a scale of G (three-finger tonic); lowest six-finger note sounds D₅; seven-finger note (covering all holes) sounds C♯₅.
- Date:
Mid 19th century - Maker:
French, Georges [Person] - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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England. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.221.12 Open flutes with internal duct with fingerholes
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- Inscriptions:No inscriptions.
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.221.12 Open flutes with internal duct with fingerholes
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: 379 (without mouthpiece).; Sounding length: 278.; Bore: