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8 Keyed flute. Index card reads: Eight silver-plated keys, the foot-keys plug-type, the rest round and cupped, all mounted in blocks. Movable cork stopper. Metal tuning-slide and metal-lined head. In fitted inlaid wooden case. With wooden grease-box. Mouth and finger-holes show signs of having been enlarged. Cosus; silver plated mounts. Tuning ring included.
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