Walking-stick flute
Date1785-1799 ca.
Place MadeEngland, Europe
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnoneDescriptionBoxwood. The body is smoothly-turned and consists of two parts (handle section and flute section). A single brass key for D# is mounted in a turned block. The chamfered key head is square, with notched corners. Brass ferrule on the handle. Three vent holes in the tip, which has a protective metal sheath. This unsigned instrument was probably made in England.DimensionsOverall length: 852 mmEmbouchure hole: 9.4 mm x 8.3 mm
Sounding length: 523 mmProvenancePurchased in 1989 as part of a collection from Dale Higbee, Salisbury, North Carolina. Previously owned by Fritz Spiegl, Liverpool, England.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. , MM Thesis, University of South Dakota, 1993, p. 214-215.
Franziska Brech, "Ein Museum der Besonderer Art," Flö te Aktuell (April 2025), pp. 51-54.
Credit LineHigbee-Abbott-Zylstra Collection, 1989
Object number04846
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1888 ca.
