Flageolet
- Description
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This is a typical Bainbridge single flageolet dating from after 1808. The two keys interlock and were patented by Bainbridge in 1803 and the ivory 'bumps' are spacing studs to help the player find the tone-holes.
- Accession Loan No.
- V4942
- Collection Class
- Social History
- Common Name
- flageolet
- Simple Name
- flageolet
- Full Name
- Flageolet
- Production Person Surname
- Bainbridge
- Production Year Low
- 1800
- Production Year High
- 1899
- Material
- Ivory, silver,
boxwood
- Inscription / Transcription
- Patent, Bainbridge
inventor, 35 Holborn Hill London Patent