Florentin Barbier Boehm System Flute
Florentin Barbier Boehm System Flute
- Description
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This flute was made by Florentin Barbier in Paris, France around 1895 to 1898, and sold by Couesnon & Cie in Paris, France. It is a Boehm System flute, made of silver. This experimental acoustic model flute is made from a square metal tube. It is engraved:
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LYON GRAND PRIX 1894
F. BARBIER
BTÉ SGDG
Couesnon & Cie.
PARIS
2004 -
Barbier received a “grand prix” award for his flute-making at the 1894 Exposition universelle, international et colonial, World’s Fair in Lyon, France.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- flute
- Date made
- 1895-1898
- maker
- Barbier, Florentin
- place made
- France: Île-de-France, Paris
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 26 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 67.945 cm x 4.445 cm x 3.81 cm
- ID Number
- 1985.0016.07
- accession number
- 1985.0016
- catalog number
- 1985.0016.07
- Credit Line
- Gift of James M. Swain
- 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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