William S. Haynes Boehm System Flute: Museum Object and Cultural History
William S. Haynes Boehm System Flute: Date made: 1920. maker: Haynes, William S.. maker: Haynes, William S..
The object in the museum catalogue
This flute was made by William S. Haynes in Boston, Massachusetts in 1920. It is a Boehm System flute, serial #5874, made of silver and accessioned with an original case. This flute is engraved:
THE HAYNES FLUTE MFD BY WM. S. HAYNES CO. BOSTON MASS 5874 PATENTED
William S. Haynes (1864-1939) received United States Patent #1,119,954 on December 8, 1914 for “Improvements in musical wind instruments such as flutes, saxophones, piccolos and the like.”
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 1920
- maker: Haynes, William S.
- maker: Haynes, William S.
- Object Name: flute
- Physical Description: silver (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 26 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 67.945 cm x 3.81 cm
- place made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- ID Number: 1982.0511.01
- accession number: 1982.0511
- catalog number: 1982.0511.01
- Credit Line: Gift of C. Malcolm Watkins
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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