Flageolet in C?

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17th century · ivory · Musical Instruments

Flageolets are structured like recorders but built in small if not very small sizes and narrow bores. 17th-century pieces with a very narrow cylindrical bore, four front and two thumb holes, were often used help teaching birds to sing--canaries, nightingales, larches, etc.--but also to catch them. Opera composers called for them in garden and grove scenes.

Artist

Unknown

Date

17th century

Medium

ivory

Culture

German

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889