Florentin Barbier Boehm System Flute
date: label: Date made
content: 1895-1898
name: label: maker
content: Barbier, Florentin
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flute was made by Florentin Barbier in Paris, France around 1895 to 1898, and sold by Couesnon & Cie in Paris, France. It is a Boehm System flute, made of silver. This experimental acoustic model flute is made from a square metal tube. It is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>LYON GRAND PRIX 1894<br>F. BARBIER<br>BTÉ SGDG<br>Couesnon & Cie.<br>PARIS<br>2004</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Barbier received a “grand prix” award for his flute-making at the 1894 <i>Exposition universelle, international et colonial,</i> World’s Fair in Lyon, France.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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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: 1985.0016.07
label: accession number
content: 1985.0016
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0016.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flute
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 67.945 cm x 4.445 cm x 3.81 cm