Flute, C, High Pitch
Maker
Alfred G. Badger
Date1868-1892 ca.
Place MadeNew York, New York, United States, North America
ModelImproved Metallic Cylinder Boehm Flute
Serial No.None
SignedStamped on silver head, surrounded by floral engraving: AGBadger / New York (in Gothic print engraved on small oval gold plaque)Stamped on body below socket for head, conatined in unfurling banner: [three small lines like a twig] A.G.BADGER, [three small lines like a twig] / MAKER / New York (in script)
Ebonite head unmarked.
Description3 sections: headjoint, one-piece body and barrel, and foot joint (instrument has 2 headjoints in total); Boehm system with cylindrical body and "parabolic" head joints; solid silver body and keywork; 17 touchpieces; closed holes; inline G; closed G-sharp; Briccialdi B-flat; roller touches for C and B; teardrop-shaped D-sharp key; trill keys for D and D-sharp; low B-flat key for left-hand little finger; extra trill lever touch for G-sharp; seamed tubing; soldered toneholes with beveled edges; low B-flat foot joint with Badger's adjusting screw.
Silver headjoint: Badger's "Full Head" or barrel; solid silver; seamed tubing; barrel-type embouchure plate with wooden core sheated in metal; embouchure hole has square oval shape; gold-plated, oval signature plaque surrounded by foliage engravings.
Ebonite headjoint: Badger's thinned; ebonite; silver ferrules and tenon (seamed tubing); raised lip embouchure plate; embouchure hole has oval shape.
DimensionsTotal assembled length, silver head without tuning ring (from top to bottom, not including endcap): 748 mm
Acoustical length, silver head without tuning ring (from center of embouchure hole to bottom): 675 mm
Total assembled length, silver head with tuning ring (from top to bottom, not including endcap): 761 mm
Acoustical length, silver head with tuning ring (from center of embouchure hole to bottom): 686 mm
Total assembled length, ebonite head (from top to bottom, not including endcap): 737 mm
Acoustical length, ebonite head (from center of embouchure hole to bottom): 668 mm
Silver head (not including endcap): 204 mm
Ebonite head (not including endcap): 192 mm
Body: 335 mm
Foot: 211.5 mm
Inner Bore at very top of silver head, cap removed: 17.2 mm
Inner Bore at end of silver head joint: 18.5 mm
Inner Bore at very top of ebonite head, cap removed: 17.5 mm
Inner Bore at end of ebonite head joint: 18.5 mm
Inner Bore at bottom of body: 18.7 mm
Inner Bore at bottom foot joint: 18.7
Silver head embouchure hole diameter (width X length): 10.3 X 13.3 mm
Ebonite head embouchure hole diameter (width X length): 10.2 X 13.3 mm
Tuning ring or sleeve for silver head: 11.5 mm
ProvenancePurchased from George Gruhn, Nashville, Tennessee, 2010.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 2010
Object number14513
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