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Double flageolet
William Bainbridge (English, active 1803–1834)
about 1815
Object Place: London, England
Medium/Technique
Boxwood, ivory, silver
Dimensions
Length 40 cm (15 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Edwin M. Ripin Collection—Museum purchase with funds donated by Robert B. Straus
Accession Number1977.70
CollectionsEurope, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionIn ?. Conoidal bore. Boxwood with 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 finger-holes, of which the first one from the top is partially plugged; two silver keys nominally called D-sharp (?) and high D (both closed). The right-hand tube has four finger-holes; three keys, nominally called D-sharp (?), B, and C.
InscriptionsStamped: [crown] / BAINBRIDGE / HOLBORN / HILL / LONDON / PATENT
ProvenanceDecember 10, 1973, Christie's, London, lot 4, to Edwin M. Ripin (1930-1975), Forest Hills, New York; 1977, sold by the estate of Edwin M. Ripin to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 9, 1977)