Tenor 4-keyed Flute: Museum Object and Cultural History
Tenor 4-keyed Flute: Date made: late 19th century. Object Name: flute. Physical Description: wood (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
The maker and provenance of this flute is unknown, and likely made in the late 19th century. It is a tenor 4-keyed flute with a body made of a light wood, silver ferrules and keys, and a veneered ebony head joint. The head joint and body are connected by a u-shaped metal tube, most likely from a brass wind instrument.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: late 19th century
- Object Name: flute
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: silver (overall material)
- Physical Description: brass (overall material)
- Physical Description: wood, ebony (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 26 5/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 5/8 in; 67.6275 cm x 5.715 cm x 4.1275 cm
- ID Number: MI.231115
- accession number: 42736
- catalog number: 231115
- Credit Line: Mrs. John Crosby Brown
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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