Euler 9-Keyed Flute
Euler 9-Keyed Flute
- Description
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This flute was made by the shop of Phillip Otto Euler in Frankfurt am Main, Germany around 1818 to 1834. It is a 9-keyed flute, made of rosewood with German silver ferrules and keys, mounted on pillars. This flute is stamped:
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EULER
FRANKFURT
aM - Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- flute
- Date made
- 1818-1834
- maker
- Euler, Phillipp Otto
- place made
- Germany: Hesse, Frankfurt am Main
- Physical Description
- rosewood (overall material)
- German silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- head joint: 16 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 42.545 cm x 3.175 cm
- foot joint: 12 5/8 in x 1 5/16 in; 32.0675 cm x 3.33375 cm
- ID Number
- MI.378579
- accession number
- 144244
- catalog number
- 378579
- Credit Line
- Gift of Henrietta F. Dunlap
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Flutes
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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