Boehm System Flute
date: label: Date made
content: 1920s
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flute was made by Carl Schreiber in Markneukirchen, Germany, 1920s. It is a Boehm System flute, serial #1621, made of stained rosewood with silver ferrules and keys and features a winged head joint made of silver. This flute is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>CARL SCHREIBER<br>SOLE AGENTS:<br>LYON & HEALY<br>CHICAGO<br>1621</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Carl August Schreiber (1871-1931) was a German woodwind maker whose company flourished from 1898 into the early 20th century. His flutes were sold in the United States exclusively by Lyon & Healy in Chicago, Illinois.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Saxony, Markneukirchen
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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: 1985.0016.12
label: accession number
content: 1985.0016
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0016.12
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flute
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rosewood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 1/2 in x 2 in x 1 1/2 in; 67.31 cm x 5.08 cm x 3.81 cm