Transverse Flute
Object type: Transverse Flute
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: German
Artist: Friedrich Gabriel August Kirst
Artist bio: German, Dresden ca. 1750–1806 Berlin
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German
Date: ca. 1795
Medium: Boxwood, silver, ivory
Dimensions: L. 63.7 cm (25 3/32 in.) with joint 3 and D-foot
Classification: Aerophone-Blow Hole-side-blown flute (transverse)
Geography:  Potsdam   Germany  
Credit line: Purchase, Robert Alonzo Lehman Bequest, 2005
Accession year: 2005