DescriptionTechnical description: Bamboo; one piece; cork block; 7 finger-holes, 1 thumb-hole.
Performance characteristics: Range F³ to D⁵ (written), F⁴ to D⁶ (sounding); tuned to G major scale, with seventh hole for R4 giving F below; parts written in treble clef.
Usable pitch: Sounding A⁴ = c 450 Hz (c 40 cents above A⁴ = 440 Hz).
Decorated by Joan Butcher, London.
Part of a matched set (3685-9) of bamboo pipes made for the Collection. |