Dupre Walking Stick Flute
date: label: Date made
content: 1820 - 1850
name: label: maker
content: Dupre, Pierre Paul G.J.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flute was made by Pierre Paul Ghislain Joseph Dupre in Tournai, Belgium around 1820 to 1850. It is a 1-keyed flute in the shape of a walking stick, made of cherry with a brass tip, and a wood key. This flute is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>DUPRE<br>A TOURNAI</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Pierre Paul Ghislain Joseph Dupre (1790-1862) was a self-taught musical instrument maker. Dupre had a shop in Tournai, Belgium and gained early success selling cane flutes at trade exhibitions.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Belgium: Wallonia, Tournai
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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. J. Crosby Brown
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.210799
label: accession number
content: 38138
label: catalog number
content: 210799
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flute
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cherry (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: horn (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 3/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 79.6925 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: tip: 6 1/8 in x 7/8 in; 15.5575 cm x 2.2225 cm