Description

Traverse flute.
Key: G major or A major.
Length: 43 cm or 40 cm.
Material: ashwood from the firing.
Design features: tunable.

The sound is open and airy.

Traverse in G

Traverse in A

 

Transverse flute – one of the oldest varieties of flutes. The first surviving mention are about 150 BC the Etruscan relief.
The transverse flute is the ancestor of the modern orchestral flute.