Firth, Pond & Co. 1-Keyed Flute
date: label: Date made
content: 1847-1863
name: label: maker
content: Firth, Pond & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flute was made by Firth, Pond & Co. in New York, New York around 1828 to 1853. It is a 1-keyed flute made of boxwood with ivory ferrules and a brass key. This flute is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>I. D. SHEPPARD<br>BUFFALO<br>FIRTH POND & CO.<br>FRANKLIN SQ.<br>N-YORK</p>
label: Description
content: <p>James D. Shepard was a music dealer in Buffalo, New York from 1828 to 1853, and subsequently in a partnership with Hugh Cottier until 1860.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Flutes
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Robert E. Sheldon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.65.1316
label: catalog number
content: 65.1316
label: accession number
content: 261080
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flute
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: boxwood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 3/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 60.325 cm x 3.4925 cm