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English flageolet / piccolo.
Technical description: cocus; 4 sections, plus additional (piccolo) head; german silver keys and ferrules; 6 finger-holes, no thumb-hole; tuning-slide (in both heads); flageolet head has wind-cap and ivory mouthpiece; piccolo head has oval embouchure-hole and wooden screw-stopper.; Nominal pitch: D (six-finger tonic).; Type or system: 6 keys.; Keyhead type: cup.; Keymount type: knob.; L0: @I{B♭.L1: @I{T.L2: @I{T.L3: @I{T.L4: @I{G♯; long F.R1: @I{T; C.R2: @I{T.R3: @I{T; cross F.R4: @I{D♯. Usable pitch: sounding A₄ c|452|Hz.; Performance characteristics: based on a scale of D (six-finger tonic); lowest six-finger note sounds D₅; plays better as a piccolo than as a flageolet; as the joint does not close fully between tuning section and body, the usable pitch given above is very approximate; speaks with difficulty below F♯₄ (sounding F♯₅) in present condition.
- 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+421.121.12
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- Inscriptions:No inscriptions.
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.221.12+421.121.12
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: 377 as flageolet or 301 as piccolo (not including 4mm open space at joint).; Sounding length: 258 as flageolet or 250 as piccolo (as above).; Bore: