Title: Walking-Stick Flute/Oboe
Object type: Walking-Stick Flute/Oboe
Date: ca. 1750–57
Culture: German
Artist:  Georg Henrich Scherer 
Artist bio: German, Butzbach 1703–1778
Artist nationality: German
Artist role: Maker
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
Credit line: Purchase, Amati Gifts, 2006
Geography:  Butzbach   Germany      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY