Friedrich G. A. Kirst 1-Keyed Flute
date: label: Date made
content: 1776-1778
name: label: maker
content: Kirst, Friedrich Gabriel A.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flute was made by Friedrich Gabriel August Kirst in Potsdam, Germany around 1776 to 1778. It is a 1-keyed flute made of boxwood with ivory ferrules and crown cap, an ivory embouchure hole, and a silver key. This flute is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>F.G.A.KIRST<br>POTSDAM</p>
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: Gift of James M. Swain
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0016.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0016
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0016.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flute
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: boxwood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 in x 1 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 63.5 cm x 3.81 cm x 3.81 cm