Galoubet
notes: label: Description
content: This galoubet was made by an unknown maker in France, undetermined date. It is a galoubet in B-flat, made of boxwood, with 2 fingerholes and 1 thumbhole. This three-hole pipe is a wind instrument designed to be played by one hand, leaving the other hand free to play a tabor drum, bell, psalterium or tambourin à cordes, bones, triangle or other percussive instrument. The galoubet’s tone can resemble that of a bird chirping
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Rev. F. W. Galpin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.214489
label: accession number
content: 39033
label: catalog number
content: 214489
objectType: label: Object Name
content: galoubet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: boxwood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 37 cm; 14 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 9/16 in x 1 in; 36.98875 cm x 2.54 cm