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Flute, C
Maker: attributed to Metzler & Son
Date: 1788-1833 ca.
Place Made:London, England, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedOn head joint and lower body joint: METZLER / LONDON / 4
On upper body joint: METZLER / LONDON / 3
The foot joint is unsigned
On upper body joint: METZLER / LONDON / 3
The foot joint is unsigned
DescriptionStained boxwood body in four sections. One brass key, possibly a later replacement, mounted on a turned block. Ferrules and head cap of animal horn. This instrument was made by either Valentine Metzler or Metzler & Son.
DimensionsOverall length: 608 mmm
Embouchure: 11 mm x 10.1 mm
Sounding length: 536 mm
Embouchure: 11 mm x 10.1 mm
Sounding length: 536 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1989 as part of a collection from Dale Higbee, Salisbury, North Carolina. Previously owned by Kurt Stein, Media, Pennsylvania.
Terms
Credit Line: Higbee-Abbott-Zylstra Collection, 1989
Not on view
Published References“USD Museum Acquires Higbee Collection,” Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society, Vol. XVIII, No. 3 (October 1989), pp. 2-3.
Amy Shaw Kreitzer, Transverse Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900 (Master's thesis, University of South Dakota, 1993), pp. 115,116-118.
Amy Shaw Kreitzer, Transverse Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900 (Master's thesis, University of South Dakota, 1993), pp. 115,116-118.
Object number: 04835