Edward V. Powell Fipple-Blown Flute
date: label: Date made
content: 1943-1951
name: label: maker
content: Powell, Edward V.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flute was made by Edward V. Powell in Scarsdale, New York around 1943 to 1951. It is a fipple-blown flute made of ebony with silver ferrules, keys, and mouthpiece. This flute is marked:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>E. V. POWELL<br>"CHROMETTE"<br>TRADEMARK U.S.PAT.2330379</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Edward V. Powell received United States Patent #2,330,379, on September 28, 1943 for a “recorder” type instrument with keys to facilitate the playing of a chromatic scale of a range exceeding one to two octaves.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Scarsdale
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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 James M. Swain
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0016.14
label: accession number
content: 1985.0016
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0016.14
label: patent number
content: 2,330,379
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flute
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 33.655 cm x 3.175 cm x 3.175 cm