Name of Instrument: csakany

Maker / Brand: Au. Bleszner

Stearns Catalog #: 1591

Country of Origin: Pest, Hungary

Region of Origin: Europe

Instrument Category: Aerophone

Date of Fabrication: mid-19th C.

Location: AER P 5

Description: This Walking-Stick Fipple Flute in A is made of a boxwood head section and one-piece body. The mouthpiece/handle and terminal section is of maple. The brass terminal mount has a steel tip. The flute has seven silver keys of shallow cup type with shell-shaped flaps that are mounted on knobs or in channels cut directly into the tube. It also features an ivory-bushed thumbhole, tone holes with keys brass-bushed, and two tuning holes. The second and third section are marked, "[coat of arms] / AU. BLESZNER / IN PEST".

Research: Prof. James M. Borders