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Fife

Side-blown fife flute made of a single piece of boxwood with six fingerholes and brass ferrules. It has a cork stopper and an oval embouchure hole. Cylindrical bore. Nominal pitch: B-flat.

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  • Inscriptions:Stamped: [unicorn head] / HENY POTTER / 2.BRIDGE ST. WESTR / LONDON / C
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.12 Open side-blown flutes with fingerholes
  • Repository:Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
  • Measurements:Length: 388mm; Diameter: 18mm