Theobald Boehm Flute: Museum Object and Cultural History
Theobald Boehm Flute: Date made: 1848. maker: Boehm, Theobald. Object Name: flute.
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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:
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.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 1848
- maker: Boehm, Theobald
- Object Name: flute
- Physical Description: silver (overall material)
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 25 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 65.405 cm x 3.81 cm
- place made: Germany: Bavaria, Munich
- ID Number: 1984.0070.01
- accession number: 1984.0070
- catalog number: 1984.0070.01
- Credit Line: Gift of James M. Swain
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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