Transverse Flute
Object type: Transverse Flute
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: German
Artist: Johann Friedrich Boie
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German
Date: ca. 1800
Medium: Wood, ivory, silver-plated metal
Dimensions: L.: 63.3 cm (25 in.); brass embouchure L: 54.3 cm (21-1/4 in.)
Classification: Aerophone-Blow Hole-side-blown flute (transverse)
Geography:  Göttingen   Germany  
Credit line: Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Thatcher M. Brown III Gift, 1988

Accession year: 1988