C.G. Conn Boehm System Flute
date: label: Date made
content: 1905
name: label: maker
content: C. G. Conn
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flute was made by C.G. Conn in Elkhart, Indiana in 1905. It is a Boehm System flute, serial #9801, made of silver and gold plate with gold plated keys and an ebonite head joint with mother-of-pearl dots on the sides of the embouchure. This flute is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>MADE BY<br>C.G. CONN<br>ELKHART<br>IND.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Elkhart
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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: 1985.0016.28
label: accession number
content: 1985.0016
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0016.28
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flute
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebonite (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 1/2 in x 2 in x 1 3/4 in; 64.77 cm x 5.08 cm x 4.445 cm