Walking-Stick Flute/Oboe
Object type: Walking-Stick Flute/Oboe
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: German
Artist: Georg Henrich Scherer
Artist bio: German, Butzbach 1703–1778
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German
Date: ca. 1750–57
Medium: Narwhal (narwhahl) tusk, ivory, gilt brass

Dimensions: 1 3/8 × 42 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (3.5 × 107.3 × 3.5 cm)
Classification: Aerophone
Geography:  Butzbach   Germany  
Credit line: Purchase, Amati Gifts, 2006
Accession year: 2006