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A descriptive catalogue of the musical instruments recently exhibited at the Royal Military Exhibition, London, 1890 …, 1891
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2CYLINDRICAL FLUTE of dark brown wood, in one piece, without keys, in f'. Length from cork 17.4 inches. Diameter of bore .57 inch. Precisely similar, excepting in size, to No. 42. See plate I., fig. E.
4Lent by the Conservatoire Royal de Musique, Brussels.
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7CYLINDRICAL FLUTE of box-wood, in bb, without keys, mountings, or cap; in one piece. Length from cork 25.4 inches. Diameter of bore .73 inch. Branded with the name "C. RAFI," surmounting a shield bearing a griffin. A similar device is placed between the g and a holes. Between the initials C. and R. there is a trefoil. See plate I., fig. D.
9This rare and most interesting specimen is evidently of a much earlier date than the cylindrical flute described by Mersenne (op. cit.) It is probably one of the oldest transverse flutes in existence.
11Lent by the Conservatoire Royal de Musique, Brussels.
13SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
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16MODEL of a cylindrical flute, in one piece, without keys, giving f# as its lowest note. Length from cork 32.4 inches. Diameter of bore .95 inch. See plate I., fig. C.
18Lent by the Conservatoire Royal de Musique, Brussels.
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21MODEL of a cylindrical flute, in two pieces, without keys, giving f# as its lowest note. Length from cork 34.5 inches. Diameter of bore 1.02 inch. See plate I., fig. B.
23Lent by the Conservatoire Royal de Musique, Brussels.
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