Alfred G. Badger Boehm System Flute
date: label: Date made
content: 1848 - 1875
name: label: maker
content: Badger, Alfred G.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flute was made by Alfred G. Badger in New York, New York around 1848 to 1875. It is a Boehm system flute made of rosewood with silver ferrules, keys, and embouchure plate. This flute is marked:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>APPROVED<br>No 201<br>A.G. BADGER<br>NEW YORK</p>
label: Description
content: <p>A. G. Badger of New York City was among the irst American to produce Boehm flutes. In the 1830's, German flutist Theobald Boehm had developed a new key and fingering system to increase the flute's volume of sound and to improve the intonation.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>In 1846, judges at the Massachusetts State Fair awarded Badger a silver medla for his two Boehm flutes and commended these instruments for being "in true tune and of beautiful workmanship."</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. Seel
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.263596
label: catalog number
content: 263596
label: accession number
content: 52880
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flute
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rosewood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: flute: 26 7/8 in x 2 in; 68.2625 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: thumb rest: 1 5/16 in x 5/8 in; 3.33375 cm x 1.5875 cm