Flute, C
Date1910-1920 ca.
Place MadeItaly, Europe
Place MadeAustria, Europe
Place MadeGermany, Europe
ModelZiegler style
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DescriptionA Ziegler-style flute with 16 nickel silver keys to low B-flat. Wooden body, except for the embouchure section of the head joint, which is ebonite and features a Reform embouchure with raised blowing edge as registered by Otto Mönnig in 1904. Ebonite rollers on low C, low C#, low B, and low B-flat keys. This flute was probably made in Austria, Germany, or Italy. Ziegler style flutes show the influence of the Viennese maker Johann Joseph Ziegler (1795-1858).
DimensionsOverall length: 739 mm
Embouchure hole: 10.9 mm x 9.1 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number05371
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