421.221.12 Open flutes with internal duct with fingerholes

French flageolet. One of a matching pair. African blackwood (grenadilla) or cocuswood with nickel silver-plated keys and ferrules. Keys are pillar mounted and have circular flaps with fish skin pads. Lower joint thumbhole bushed with nickel silver plate. Four joints: wind distributor, sponge chamber, upper joint and lower joint. String lapped tenons. Mouthpiece missing. Two paper labels on upper joint. One marked with the letter 3 [3 is actually a number, not a letter and this label is not visible in the photographs. There is a label on the sponge chamber with the numbers 102. MWaitzman, 21Feb2017], the other written in D.J. Blaikley's hand: 7. SINGLE/FLAGEOLET/(DUPLICATE OF 6)
overall: 12.9921 x 1.1811 x 1.1811 in.; 330 x 30 x 30 mm;

The flageolet is a duct flute that is classified according to the system of Hornbostel and Sachs as an 'open flute with internal duct, with fingerholes and keys'.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2004.896
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall length: 330 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
grenadilla; copper alloy; nickel silver-plating; steel; fish skin; cork; string; paper; ink
CATEGORY
Musical Instruments
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