The flute - žvegla
Kranjska, the 1st half of the 19th century
wood
cutting, trimming, splitting, ignition, drilling
length = 34,8 cm
width = 1,40 cm
length from the side to the bottom of the instrument = 29,5 cm
distance from the side to the first finger-hole = 11,5 cm
distance between the finger-holes = 1,5 cm - 1,9 cm
POH-452/1920
The Collection of Musical instruments by Franjo Ksaver Kuhač
The flute is made of one piece of chiseled and splitted wood, decorated with burned elliptical spots and tuned to D.
Unlike large flutes, this flute is more richly decorated with burned dots which make out a flower. When it comes to decorating the flute, Kuhač writes: “If the flute is good, then the maker decorates it, because, in his opinion, a worthy instrument has to be nicely decorated.” (Kuhač 1877: 8)
