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F flute.
Technical description: rosewood; 3 sections (lower body and foot in one piece); german silver key; [5] german silver ferrules; large, slightly oval embouchure-hole; large R2 finger-hole.; Nominal pitch: E♭.; Type or system: 1 key.; Keyhead type: saltspoon.; Keymount type: ring.; Usable pitch: sounding A₄ c|459|Hz; Performance characteristics: range D₄|-|A₆ (sounding F₄|-|C₇); strong sound; top register is flat by comparison with lower registers, suggesting that the cork may be in the wrong position.
- Date:
mid 19th century - Maker:
Astor & Co [Corporation] - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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England. - 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: 494 (without cap).; Sounding length: 429.; Bore: conical.