Tenor 4-keyed Flute
date: label: Date made
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: The maker and provenance of this flute is unknown, and likely made in the late 19th century. It is a tenor 4-keyed flute with a body made of a light wood, silver ferrules and keys, and a veneered ebony head joint. The head joint and body are connected by a u-shaped metal tube, most likely from a brass wind instrument.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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: Mrs. John Crosby Brown
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.231115
label: accession number
content: 42736
label: catalog number
content: 231115
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flute
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, ebony (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 5/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 5/8 in; 67.6275 cm x 5.715 cm x 4.1275 cm