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Flute, C
Date: 1830-1850 ca.
Place Made:London, England, Europe
Serial No: none
Signednone
MarkingsUpper middle, lower middle, and foot joints: LONDON
DescriptionReddish-brown tropical hardwood (cocus or rosewood?) in five sections. Eight-key simple system keywork in nickel silver. Key heads are cup-shaped except for the two lowest keys, which have pewter plugs. Nickel silver head cap, foot cap, and ferrules.
DimensionsOverall length: 654 mm
Embouchure: 12.5 mm x 11.4 mm
Sounding length: 570 mm
Embouchure: 12.5 mm x 11.4 mm
Sounding length: 570 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesAmy Shaw Kreitzer, Transverse Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, MM thesis, University of South Dakota, 1993, p. 210.
Object number: 00702