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Flute, C
Maker: William Hall & Son
Date: 1848-1858 ca.
Place Made:New York, New York, United States, North America
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on upper middle joint: WILLIAM HALL & SON / 239 BROADWAY / N YORK
MarkingsStamped on head joint, barrel, lower middle joint, foot joint: WILLIAM HALL & SON / N-YORK
On upper middle joint, below signature: GERMAN SILVER
On upper middle joint, below signature: GERMAN SILVER
DescriptionReddish tropical hardwood (rosewood?) in five sections, with tuning slide in head joint. Simple system keywork with four nickel silver keys with flat, shallow cupped covers mounted on wooden blocks and turned ring. Ivory ferrules.
DimensionsOverall length: 601 mm
Embouchure hole: 10.8 mm x 9.3 mm
Sounding length: 524.4 mm
Note: Tuning slide is frozen in an open position, resulting in a 1 mm gap.
Embouchure hole: 10.8 mm x 9.3 mm
Sounding length: 524.4 mm
Note: Tuning slide is frozen in an open position, resulting in a 1 mm gap.
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesNancy Groce, “Musical Instrument Making in New York City During the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries,” Vol. 1 Doctoral Dissertation, University of Michigan, 1982, pp. 304-305.
Michael Seyfrit, Musical Instruments in the Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection . . . (1982), pp. 176-177.
Michael Seyfrit, Musical Instruments in the Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection . . . (1982), pp. 176-177.
Object number: 04278