Thomas Weygandt 4-Keyed Flute
Thomas Weygandt 4-Keyed Flute
- Description (Brief)
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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:
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T.J. Weygand
No 18 No 8th St
Phila.
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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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- flute
- Date made
- 1844-1861
- date made
- 1840-1861
- maker
- Weygandt, Thomas Jefferson
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Physical Description
- boxwood (overall material)
- ivory (overall material)
- nickel silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 24 in x 1 1/8 in; 60.96 cm x 2.8575 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0165.01
- catalog number
- 1979.0165.01
- accession number
- 1979.0165
- 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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