Grenser 1-Keyed Flute
date: label: date made
content: 1780 - 1799
name: label: maker
content: Grenser, Heinrich
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flute was made by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Grenser, in Dresden, Germany around 1780 to 1799. It is a 1-keyed flute in C made of boxwood with ivory ferrules and tuning slide, and a silver key. This flute has seven upper joints of different lengths numbered 1 through 7 for tuning. All of the pieces are stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>[symbol]<br>H. GRENSER<br>DRESDEN</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Grenser (1764-1813) started his career as an apprentice, working with his uncle August Grenser in Dresden from 1779-1786. Heinrich Grenser took over the shop in 1796 and continued making musical instruments until his death.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This flute was acquired from the collection of Leopoldo Franciolini in 1892. Leopoldo Franciolini (1844–1920) was an Italian antique dealer who flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is remembered as a fraudster who sold faked and altered historical musical instruments.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Saxony, Dresden
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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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.095297
label: accession number
content: 26256
label: catalog number
content: 95297
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: 59.5 cm; 23 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: in tray: 29 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in x 2 1/8 in; 74.295 cm x 10.795 cm x 5.3975 cm