4-Keyed Flute
4-Keyed Flute
- Description
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This flute was made in Germany around 1878 to 1880 and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is a 4-keyed flute in F made of stained boxwood with ivory ferrules and German silver keys.
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John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This make and style of flute (#5307), as listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, sold for $2.40.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- flute
- Date made
- 1878-1880
- place made
- Germany
- Physical Description
- boxwood (overall material)
- bone (overall material)
- German silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 19 9/16 in x 1 1/4 in; 49.68875 cm x 3.175 cm
- ID Number
- MI.055622
- accession number
- 11535
- catalog number
- 055622
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. Howard Foote
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Flutes
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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