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Flute, C

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Date1819-1831 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Place DistributedPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on all joints: BACON & HART / PHILA.
Markingsnone
DescriptionReddish tropical hardwood body in five sections, with tuning slide in head joint. Simple system keywork with eight silver saltspoon keys mounted on wooden blocks. Silver ferrules. This instrument was distributed by Bacon & Hart of Philadelphia; they probably imported it from England.
DimensionsOverall length: 682 mm
Embouchure hole: 11.1 mm x 9.7 mm
Sounding length: 588 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02778
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