Walking-Stick Flute in C
Not on view
Walking-stick instruments of all varieties were popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Novelty walking sticks, which might include umbrellas, flasks, guns, musical instruments, or other items were fashionable accessories for gentlemen of all ages. Flutes and violins were the most popular instrument walking sticks.
Technical description: five boxwood sections with three horn rings, boxwood knob cap, brass and steel tip; six fingerholes, one square brass key mounted in ring; conical bore. (Susan Caust Farrell and Nancy Crutcher, 1974-79).
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