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flute
This wooden flute was made by Hawkes & Son at their Denman Street factory. It is typical of those preferred by players in London's orchestras during the first decades of the 20th century. Although players in France were already using the metal Boehm system flute, British players prized the wooden flute for its distinctive tone colour. It is often characterised as sounding darker than the metal fl…
Type of item
- flutes
- transverse flutes
- transverse flutes
Type of item
- flutes
- transverse flutes
- transverse flutes
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
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Creation date
- 1900-1930 early 20th century
Places
- London
Provenance
- Horniman Museum and Gardens
Identifier
- http://collections.horniman.ac.uk/objects/122778
Format
- Brya ebenus (cocuswood)
- steel
- silver-plating
- copper alloy
- fish skin
- German silver
- cork
- ebonite
- Fish skin
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-11-18T11:02:15.483Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T17:51:40.100Z