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Flageolet
1800–50
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Boxwood
Dimensions
Length 20.6 cm (8 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1817
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionIn G; lower chamber pitch (a'=420). Small tapered conoidal bore with a slight flare at the bottom. Boxwood, wax finish; made in two parts. Four finger-holes in front, two thumb-holes in the rear.
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)