John Pfaff Patent 1-Keyed Flute
date: label: Date made
content: 1857
name: label: maker
content: Pfaff, John
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flute was made by John Pfaff in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1857. It is a 1-keyed flute made of boxwood with German silver ferrules and key.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>John Pfaff was granted United States Patent #17,054 for “Improvements in Flutes,” April 14, 1857. Pfaff’s patent is for a t-shaped flute which has a mouth-piece at a right angle to the body of the flute. This is done by inserting a bent tube at the top of the body of the flute to accommodate the mouth-piece, allowing the player to hold the flute similar to a clarinet or oboe.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Flutes
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.251400
label: accession number
content: 48889
label: catalog number
content: 251400
label: patent number
content: 17,054
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flute
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rosewood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 5/8 in x 3 7/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 49.8475 cm x 9.8425 cm x 3.175 cm