This flute was made by Thomas J. Weygandt in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania around 1840 to 1861. It is a 4-keyed flute made of boxwood with ivory ferrules and nickel silver keys. This flute is stamped:

T.J. Weygand [/] No 18 No 8th St [/] Phila. [/] [lyre]

Thomas Jefferson Weygand (1800-1874) first learned the trade of a turner as a young man in Easton, Pennsylvania. He was fond of music and became a member of the “Artillerist Band,” organized in 1818 as part of the “Easton Artillerists.” Weygandt later moved to Philadelphia and made flutes and flageolets where he was active as a musical instrument maker from 1837 to 1870.