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Flute, C

Maker A. G. Badger & Co.

Date1867-1880 ca.

Place MadeNew York City, New York, United States, North America

ModelImproved Metallic Cylinder Boehm Flute

Serial No.none

SignedEngraved on gold-plated plate on silver headjoint: A. G. Badger & Co. (gothic script) / NEW YORK
Description3 sections: headjoint, one-piece body and barrel, and foot joint (instrument has 2 headjoints in total); Boehm system with cylindrical body and "parabolic" head joints; solid silver body and keywork; 15 touchpieces; closed holes; inline G; closed G-sharp; Briccialdi B-flat; roller touches for C and B; teardrop-shaped D-sharp key; trill keys for D and D-sharp; seamed tubing; soldered toneholes with beveled edges; gold-plated, engraved banner on barrel (unmarked), over a frieze of vine foliage, and stylized top and bottom bands; B-foot joint with Badger's adjusting screw; crutch plate (crutch missing).

Silver headjoint: Badger's "Full Head" or barrel; solid silver; seamed tubing; barrel-type embouchure plate with wooden core sheated in metal; embouchure hole has oblong shape; gold-plated, scalloped-shape signature plaque surrounded by stylized engravings; the edges of the barrel, and adjacent ferrules are engraved with stylized foliage friezes.

Wooden headjoint: Badger's thinned; darkwood (cocus or grenadilla); silver ferrules and tenon (seamed tubing); raised lip embouchure plate; embouchure hole has oval shape.
DimensionsTotal length with silver head: 729mm
Total length with wooden head: 704mm
Inner bore at body lower tenon: 18.6mm
Inner bore at bottom of foot: 18.6mm

Silver head:
- length (excluding tenon): 224mm
- embouchure hole: 11.8mm X 9.3mm
- inner bore on bottom: 18.6mm

Wooden head:
- length (excluding tenon): 199mm
- embouchure hole: 12,3mm X 10,2mm
- inner bore on bottom: 18.6mm
ProvenancePreviously owned by Roger D. Tomhave, Bentonville, Virginia. Dr. Tomhave, Professor of Art Education Emeritus at James Madison University, received the flute anonymously from "a parent who appreciated [his] work with the music students of Fairfax County."

Credit LineGift of the Tomhave children Roger, Dennis, Curtis, Douglas, and Julie, in memory of their mother Muriel Swenson Tomhave Lundsetter-Runningen who taught us all the joy of music in life, 2024.

Object number15774

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