AAM 48.26.317, by Meso & Central American Sound Library Project

AAM 48.26.317

by Meso & Central American Sound Library Project

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1.	Late pre-Classic (300 B.C.-A.D. 200) or Early Classic (A.D. 200-400) double edge-tone fipple flute with open-open tubes drilled with eight finger holes [four per pipe] from West Mexico - solo improvisation (I) 02:24	info	buy track
2.	Late pre-Classic (300 B.C.-A.D. 200) or Early Classic (A.D. 200-400) double edge-tone fipple flute with open-open tubes drilled with eight finger holes [four per pipe] from West Mexico - solo improvisation (II) 00:47	info	buy track
3.	Late pre-Classic (300 B.C.-A.D. 200) or Early Classic (A.D. 200-400) double edge-tone fipple flute with open-open tubes drilled with eight finger holes [four per pipe] from West Mexico - solo improvisation (III) performed with a medium-sized wooden drum 01:52	info	buy track

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Late pre-Classic (300 B.C.- A.D. 200) or Early Classic (A.D. 200-400) unprovenienced double edge-tone tubular fipple flute drilled with eight finger holes (four per pipe). This aerophone was probably manufactured in the present-day state of Colima (or Jalisco) during the Late Ortices (500 B.C.- A.D. 300) or Comala Phase (A.D. 100-700).
The sonic artifact was part of the A. & C. Van Kerkhove private collection and was donated to the Royal Museums of Art and History (KMKG-MRAH) on December 1, 1947. The presence of framed apertures with hemmed sidewalls (left & right flutes) is worth mentioning. This instrument is unique in that only the left aperture is equipped with a hood, which limits access to higher regimes of oscillation and higher harmonics for the corresponding pipe. This results in an imbalance in acoustic behavior between each tube depending on the general blowing pressure level applied at the mouthpiece airducts inlet.

Overall dimensions (height x width x depth): 27.38 x 4.06 x 2.13 (cm).

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released March 28, 2024

Sonic artifact experimentally played & recorded by J-F Brohée using a pair of Neumann KM183 & a Universal Audio 710 Twin-Finity preamplifier. © KMKG-MRAH.

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Meso & Central American Sound Library Project Brussels, Belgium

The MCASL Project aims to share, visually and sonically, a sample of the large pre-Columbian era sound-producing artifacts collection from Mesoamerica and Central America housed at the Royal Museums of Art and History (KMKG-MRAH), Brussels. The development of this audio/data library is part of Jean-François Brohée's doctoral research, funded by a FRESH grant of the F.R.S.-FNRS. ... more