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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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1first finger, as always used by Nicholson. Although the flute has the ordinary tuning slide and screw-stopper the cap is embossed in the same manner as that of the "patent head," which, by means of double screws, enabled the slide and the stopper to be adjusted simultaneously by merely turning the cap. This patent is dated 1832. By Rudall and Rose.
3Lent by Messrs. Rudall, Carte and Co.
592.
6FLUTE of box-wood, in a'b, in three pieces, with conoidal bore. By Collard and Collard, London.
8Lent by M. Césare Snoeck.
1093.
11FLUTE of box-wood, in f', with tips of horn, and one brass key.
13Lent by the Rev. F. W. Galpin, M.A., F.L.S.
1594.
16FLUTE, in a'b, in three pieces, with conoidal bore. By C. E. Purday, London.
18Lent by M. Césare Snoeck.
2095.
21FIFE of brass, in c''. By Potter, London.
23Lent by Messrs. Henry Potter and Co.
2596.
26FLUTE of box-wood, in one piece, with six finger-holes only. In c''. In outward form a fife, but with conoidal bore. By Potter, 30, Charing Cross.
28Lent by Messrs. Henry Potter and Co.
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