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Double flageolet
John Simpson (active 1826–1869)
about 1830
Object Place: London, England
Medium/Technique
Boxwood, ivory, brass
Dimensions
Length 47.5 cm (18 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1823
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionConoidal bores. Boxwood, varnished light yellow; ivory tips and mouthpiece. Made in four principal parts; the cap, which serves as an air-chamber for both tubes; the lip-stock with a double bore; two tubes of equal length. The lip-stock has two lips cut in it; each lip can be silenced by a cut-off shutter operated by a key. The left-hand tube has six fingerholes; four brass keys nominally called C-sharp (open), D-sharp, F-natural, and high D-natural (the last three closed). The right-hand tube has four fingerholes and a vent-hole opposite the C-sharp key. There are four brass keys on the right-hand tube: low C-sharp. Octagonal keys. In A-flat. The lowest tone is a'-flat.
InscriptionsStamped on ?: SIMPSON / 260. REGENT STREET / OXFORD STREET / LONDON / PATENT
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)
How Sweet in the Woodlands, from The Preceptor or A Key to the Double Flageolet
Published by Bainbridge and Wood
Performed by Darcy Kuronen
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