End-blown flute
Vernacular Name
- Kaval
Date1820-1970 ca.
Place MadeBulgaria, Europe
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionKaval with an added block to make it easier to play like a recorder. 7 fingerholes on front and one on back with vent hole near bell. Dark-stained wood body. Closed with a block at mouth end. Windway opens to end, directing air through a window with bevelled blowing edge (as in a recorder) found on underside of tube.
DimensionsLength: 692 mm
Diameter of outer tube at head: ca. 27.5 mm
Tone holes (lengthwise measurements given first)
1: 6.8 x 6.7 mm
2: 6.9 x 6.6 mm
3: 5.8 x 6.1 mm
4: 6.7 x 6.4 mm
5: 6.6 x 6.1 mm
6: 6.6 x 6.5 mm
7: 6.8 x 6.6 mm
8: 6.2 x 6.3 mm (underside)
9: 6.7 x 6.5 mm (vent)
ProvenanceRobert F. Cole, Montello, Wisconsin, acquired the instrument from the collection of his teacher, William Kincaid.
Credit LineGift of Robert F. Cole, 1999
Object number07438
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1973 ca.
1973 ca.
1973 ca.
1973 ca.