Boosey & Co. Old System Flute
date: label: date made
content: 1891
name: label: maker
content: Boosey & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flute was made by Boosey & Co. in London, England around 1891. It is a Simple System flute, serial #13866, made of cocus wood with silver keys. It is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>BOOSEY & CO<br>13866</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Only the foot joint is stamped Boosey & Co. This flute may be a composite of two or more instruments.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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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: 1985.0016.32
label: accession number
content: 1985.0016
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0016.32
label: serial number
content: 13866
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flute
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cocus wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 1/2 in x 2 in x 1 1/2 in; 64.77 cm x 5.08 cm x 3.81 cm