csakany
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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
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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