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Description: | Ocarina in B flat, vessel flute with duct and finger holes. The ceramic vessel, circular in cross section, is pointed at both ends and has an orange glaze. The lower cone is more gradual and occupies approximately three quarters of the length, the upper has a slightly convex profile. A flattened tubular mouthpiece extends from the longest side near the widest part of the body and is angled slightly towards the shorter conical end. It has a mouth hole the top of the duct which meets a round mouth or window on the underside of the body. There are eight finger holes on the upper side of the body and two thumb holes on the underside. A round maker's stamp is impressed into the top surface of the mouthpiece. With original box (1972.151a) and instruction leaflet. The leaflet indicates fingering for a chromatic range between written middle c and the e flat a minor 10th above. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | vessel flutes ocarinas ceramic | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-13067 |
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