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Flute, C
Maker: Johann Pfaff
Date: 1849-1886 ca.
Place Made:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on head joint and body joint: J. PFAFF / PHILA
Markingsnone
DescriptionIvory body in three sections, with tuning slide in head joint. Simple system keywork with ten silver keys (counting the touchpieces) mounted on metal posts. Key flaps are circular and flat. Silver ferrules. Graduated screw cork adjuster.
DimensionsOveral length: 657 mm
Sounding length: 585 mm
Embouchure: 12.6 x 10.2 mm
Sounding length: 585 mm
Embouchure: 12.6 x 10.2 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesDouglas Koeppe, Woodwinds in Early America (Wimberey, TX: Brother Francis Publishers, 2015), p. 542.
Object number: 02734