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Technical description: blackwood; 3 sections; german silver keys; 5 german silver ferrules; wooden cap; metal-lined head; tuning-slide; circular embouchure-hole; small finger-holes.; Nominal pitch: C.; Type or system: 4 keys.; Keyhead type: cylinder cup.; Keymount type: rod/pillar, with leaf springs.; Usable pitch: sounding A₄ c|443|Hz.; Performance characteristics: [original range D₄|-|A₆ (sounding E♭₅|-|B♭₇)]; few notes speak in present condition.
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Mid-to-late 19th century - Maker:
Hawkes & Son [Corporation] - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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Probably Germany. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.121.12 Open side-blown flutes with fingerholes
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- Inscriptions:No inscriptions.
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.12 Open side-blown flutes with fingerholes
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: 304.; Sounding length: 258.; Bore: conical.