Alfred G. Badger Boehm System Flute
date: label: Date made
content: 1875-1892
name: label: maker
content: Badger, Alfred G.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flute was made by Alfred G. Badger in New York, New York around 1875 to 1892. It is a Boehm System flute, serial number 2511, made of silver with an ebonite lip plate. This flute is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>A.G. Badger<br>MAKER<br>NEW YORK<br>J. Howard Foote<br>Sole Agent<br>New York & Chicago<br>2511</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This flute was sold through the shop of musical instrument dealer and importer, J. Howard Foote. It’s most likely the serial number on this flute was assigned by the Foote firm, as Badger rarely assigned serial numbers to his instruments.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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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: 1985.0016.20
label: accession number
content: 1985.0016
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0016.20
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flute
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebonite (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 in x 1 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 66.04 cm x 3.81 cm x 3.81 cm