Flute made for Blind Tom by William R. Meinell
date: label: Date
content: 1879-1884
name: label: Created by
content: William R. Meinell, American
label: Used by
content: Thomas Greene Wiggins, American, 1849 - 1908
notes: label: Description
content: This silver flute was made for the performer "Blind Tom" by William R. Meinell of New York and includes a body (a) modeled on the Boehm system with closed key holes, an offset G key, a closed G sharp key, and a Briccialdi B flat key; a foot joint (b) with a low B key; a silver head joint (c) with an embouchure plate with stylized floral detailing around each end and at the crown with a tuning cork; a silver head joint socket (d) used to cap the tenon of the sliver head joint when not in use; an ebony head joint (e) with a flush embouchure hole and a tuning cork, a metal ring separates the body from the crown and a metal tenon is attached to the ebony head joint for joining with the flute body; a silver head joint socket (f) used to cap the tenon of the ebony head joint when not in use.
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Child musicians
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Music
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Musical Instruments
label: Exhibition
content: Musical Crossroads
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.138.1a-f
objectType: label: Type
content: flutes (aerophones)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver, ebony, gold, and cork
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a,b,c joined): 27 1/16 × 1 5/8 × 1 5/8 in. (68.7 × 4.1 × 4.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a,b,e joined): 27 5/8 × 1 5/8 × 1 5/8 in. (70.2 × 4.1 × 4.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a overall): 1 5/8 × 13 3/16 × 1 1/2 in. (4.1 × 33.5 × 3.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b overall): 1 5/16 × 6 5/8 × 1 5/8 in. (3.3 × 16.8 × 4.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (c overall): 10 × 1 × 1 in. (25.4 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (d overall): 1 9/16 × 13/16 × 13/16 in. (4 × 2.1 × 2.1 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (e overall): 10 × 7/8 × 7/8 in. (25.4 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (f overall): 9/16 × 13/16 × 13/16 in. (1.4 × 2.1 × 2.1 cm)