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Flute, C

Date: 1770 ca.
Place Made:Basel, Switzerland, Europe
Serial No: none
Signedstamped on all four joints: SCHLEGEL | A:BALE
MarkingsOn upper joint (there are nos. for third of at least 3 corps de rechange): 3
DescriptionAfrican blackwood body in four sections. One silver key mounted in a turned ring. Key has a flap design, unique to Jeremias Schlegel: a rectangular flap with triangular notches on either side of where the key shank joins the flap. Ivory ferrules.
DimensionsOverall length: 728.9 mm
Embouchure: 9.6 mm x 8.8 mm
Sounding length: 541.3 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1995 from Tony Bingham, London, England.
Credit Line: Board of Trustees, 1995
Not on view
Object number: 05809