Eisenbrandt Double Flageolet
date: label: Date made
content: 1838-1842
name: label: maker
content: Eisenbrandt, Christian Heinrich
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This flageolet was made by Christian Heinrich Eisenbrandt in Baltimore, Maryland, around 1838-1842. It is a double flageolet made of boxwood with ivory mountings, and nickel silver keys Accessioned with custom-made period case. The instrument is stamped:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>EISENBRANDT<br>BALTIMORE</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Christian Heinrich Eisenbrandt (1790-1861) immigrated from Germany in 1808 and settled in Philadelphia. In 1815, he was listed in the New York City Directory as Henry Eisenbrand, musical instrument maker. Eisenbrandt returned to Germany for a few years, came back to the United States, and set up his shop in Baltimore in 1819. After his death in 1861, the firm was continued by his son, H.W.R. Eisenbrandt until 1949.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Anne Bayly Lloyd Battams
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0569.01
label: accession number
content: 1981.0569
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0569.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flageolet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: boxwood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: left pipe: 10 5/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 26.9875 cm x 2.8575 cm
label: Measurements
content: right pipe: 10 5/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 26.9875 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: foot joint: 10 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 27.305 cm x 6.35 cm