The flute
Srbija, the 1st half of the 19th century
wood
cutting, drilling, ignition
length = 32,8 cm
diameter = 1,50 cm
length from the side to the bottom of the instrument = 29,5 cm
distance from the side to the first finger-hole = 13 cm
distance between the finger-holes = 1,3 cm - 1,7 cm
Soundtrack: Lana Moslavac, playing the described instrument from the museum collection
POH-453/1920
The Collection of Musical instruments by Franjo Ksaver Kuhač
The flute is made of one piece of wood and tuned to C. It is decorated with burned pattern and dots and has six holes for playing.
This flute was J. Šlesinger’s gift. He was the manager of the Serbian Princely Instruments. He gave it to Kuhač for his Collection.
“The flutes and the šaltve are most widely spread among south Slavs, because there is no village from the Balkans, the Adriatic sea and all the way to Carpathian Mountains, in which you will not find the flute. The flute playing skill is so common that people are surprised when a gentleman or a foreigner cannot play it. Even female children can play it, despite the opinion that it is not appropriate for women and girls to play the flute.” (Kuhač 1877: 12)
