Charles Mahillon & Co. Boehm (Hybrid) System Flute
date: label: Date made
content: 1878-1922
name: label: maker
content: Charles Mahillon & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flute was made by Charles Mahillon & Co. in Brussels, Belgium around 1878 to 1922. It is a Hybrid Boehm System flute, made of rosewood with nickel silver ferrules and keys. This flute is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>GOLD MEDAL<br>PARIS 1878<br>C. MAHILLON<br>LONDON<br>&<br>BRUSSELS</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Belgium: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Brussels
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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: 1985.0016.22
label: accession number
content: 1985.0016
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0016.22
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flute
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rosewood (overall material; pattern)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver (overall material; pattern)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 66.04 cm x 6.35 cm x 3.81 cm