Fingering Chart of the Diatonic Flute: Museum Object and Cultural History
Fingering Chart of the Diatonic Flute: date made: ca 1850. publisher: William Hall & Son. Object Name: document.
The object in the museum catalogue
This fingering chart was made by John A. Kyle and sold by William Hall and Son in New York, New York, ca. 1850. The fingering chart is for a 4-keyed flute. It is made of paper with black ink.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: ca 1850
- publisher: William Hall & Son
- Object Name: document
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 14 1/8 in x 10 11/16 in; 35.8775 cm x 27.14625 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: MI.387979.02
- catalog number: 387979.02
- accession number: 191245
- Credit Line: Transfer from U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Deparment of the Interior
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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