Theobald Boehm Flute
date: label: Date made
content: 1848
name: label: maker
content: Boehm, Theobald
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flute was made by Theobald Boehm in Munich, Germany in 1848. It is a Boehm System flute, serial #4, made of silver with a wood lip plate and accessioned with a period case. This flute is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Th. Boehm<br>in<br>Munchen<br>4</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Theobald Boehm (1794-1881) was a German inventor and musician best known for developing the modern flute and improved fingering system, known as the “Boehm system.” Boehm patented his new fingering system in 1847.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Bavaria, Munich
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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: 1984.0070.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.0070
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0070.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flute
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 65.405 cm x 3.81 cm