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Description: | This duct flute was purchased in the Paris Exhibition of 1867 for 10d.
Duct flute. Wooden body with a conical bore tapering inwards towards the distal end. Proximal end has a jmouthpiece a curved lower surface and tapered sides. The mouth is positioned below a turned ridge at the base of the mouthpiece. Seven finger holes and one thumb hole, which is positioned directly beneath the top fingerhole. The diameter of the thumb hole is stepped, forming a wider opening on the outer surface than inside. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | duct flutes fipple flutes wood | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-14664 |
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