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Flute (missing footjoint)
Maker: Beckett from Wood & Ivy
Date: 1850-1873 ca.
Place Made:London, England, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on barrel: Beckett / FROM / Wood & Ivy / LONDON
Stamped on head joint, as well as upper and lower middle joints: Beckett
Stamped on head joint, as well as upper and lower middle joints: Beckett
Markingsnone
DescriptionCocuswood body, originally in five sections with tuning slide in head joint, but foot joint is absent. Simple system keywork, with three nickel silver saltspoon keys (probably had an additional key on the foot originally). Nickel silver ferrules.
DimensionsOverall length: n/a (missing foot joint)
Embouchure: 11.3 x 10.0 mm
Embouchure: 11.3 x 10.0 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesKreitzer, Amy Shaw, Transverse Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, M.M. Thesis (University of South Dakota: 1993), p. 202-203.
Object number: 03898