German 10-Keyed Flute
date: label: Date made
content: 1890-1897
name: label: maker
content: Meyer, Heinrich Friedrich
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flute patterned after instruments made by Heinrich Friederich Meyer in Hannover, was made in Germany around 1890 to 1897. It is a 10-keyed flute with a rosewood body and has an ivory head and nickel silver ferrules and keys. This flute is marked:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>NACH<br>H.F. MEYER<br>HANNOVER</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Meyer flutes were so in demand that inexpensive copies were made that were often stamped “nach Meyer” (after or in the style of Meyer).</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Lower Saxony, Hanover
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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 Rev. Jeffrey Cave in honor of Sarah Hill Cave
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0234.04
label: accession number
content: 1983.0234
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0234.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flute
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rosewood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 in x 1 1/4 in; 71.12 cm x 3.175 cm