Emil Rittershausen Boehm System Flute
date: label: Date made
content: 1876-1927
name: label: maker
content: Rittershausen, Emil
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flute was made by Emil Rittershausen in Berlin, Germany around 1876 to 1927. It is a Boehm System flute made of ebony with silver ferrules and keys. This flute is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>[Prussian eagle]<br>E. RITTERSHAUSEN<br>BERLIN<br>CARL<br>FISCHER<br>NEW-YORK</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Carl Fischer was the exclusive sales agent for Emil Rittershausen flutes in the United States and Canada.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Schleswig-Holstein, Berlin
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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 Bonnie Jean McDonald Hartman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.65.0810
label: catalog number
content: 65.0810
label: accession number
content: 258892
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flute
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: head joint: 9 1/4 in x 1 3/16 in; 23.495 cm x 3.01625 cm
label: Measurements
content: foot joint: 17 7/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 45.4025 cm x 4.1275 cm