C.G. Conn Boehm System Flute
C.G. Conn Boehm System Flute
- Description
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This flute was made by C.G. Conn in Elkhart, Indiana in 1905. It is a Boehm System flute, serial #9801, made of silver and gold plate with gold plated keys and an ebonite head joint with mother-of-pearl dots on the sides of the embouchure. This flute is engraved:
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MADE BY
C.G. CONN
ELKHART
IND. - Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- flute
- Date made
- 1905
- maker
- C. G. Conn
- place made
- United States: Indiana, Elkhart
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- gold (overall material)
- ebonite (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 25 1/2 in x 2 in x 1 3/4 in; 64.77 cm x 5.08 cm x 4.445 cm
- ID Number
- 1985.0016.28
- accession number
- 1985.0016
- catalog number
- 1985.0016.28
- 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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