C.G. Conn Ltd. Boehm System Flute
C.G. Conn Ltd. Boehm System Flute
- Description
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This flute was made by C.G. Conn Ltd. in Elkhart, Indiana in 1917. It is a Boehm system flute, serial #44067, made of silver with an ebonite head joint, rollers, knuckle rest and palm crutch. This flute is marked:
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MADE BY
C.G. Conn Ltd.
ELKHART - IND.
44067
C.L. - Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- flute
- Date made
- 1917
- maker
- C. G. Conn Ltd.
- place made
- United States: Indiana, Elkhart
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- ebonite (overall material)
- Measurements
- flute: 26 5/8 in x 2 in; 67.6275 cm x 5.08 cm
- flute rest: 1 1/2 in x 1 11/16 in x 9/16 in; 3.81 cm x 4.28625 cm x 1.42875 cm
- ID Number
- 1993.0520.01
- accession number
- 1993.0520
- catalog number
- 1993.0520.01
- serial number
- 44067
- Credit Line
- Gift of Hazel H. Stoll
- 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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