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Flute
late 19th century
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Blackwood, nickel silver
Dimensions
Length 70.5 cm (27 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Source unidentified
Accession Number1981.391
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionIn C. Conoidal bore. Varnished blackwood. Nickel silver rings. Blackwood cap with wood and nickel silver cork-adjustment screw. Brass liner in headjoint and barrel. Made in four parts: headjoint, barrel, bodyjoint, and footjoint. Slightly elliptical embouchure. Six finger holes. Nine cupped keys and ten touchpieces of nickel silver (Meyer system: b, c', c-sharp', d-sharp', f' x 2, g-sharp', b-flat' with 2 touchpieces, and c''), mounted on posts. Original leather-covered case with gold-embossed decoration (including lyre in center) and red cloth lining. Small blackwood cork-grease container (empty) and five extra keypads.
InscriptionsStamped on headjoint: NACH / Meyer
Provenance1981, accessioned as source unidentified to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 18, 1981)