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Flute

Maker:
Firth, Hall & Pond (American, New York)
Date:
1832–48
Geography:
New York, United States
Culture:
American
Medium:
Boxwood, brass
Dimensions:
606 mm /535 mm
Classification:
Aerophone-Blow Hole-side-blown flute (transverse)
Credit Line:
Gift of Robert Alonzo Lehman, 1991
Accession Number:
1991.349.7
Not on view
Marking: FIRTH HALL & POND/FRANKLIN SQE.; FIRTH HALL & POND/N-YORK
Robert Alonzo Lehman
Jan Boland , flute, Amy Boland , flute, John Dowdall , guitar in Crystal to Gold: Precious Flutes and Guitars from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CD. Recording., 1999 Fleur de Son Classics, Ltd.. 1999.

Our Tuneful Heritage: American Musical Instruments from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exhibition catalogue., Brigham Young University. Provo, Utah, 1994, pg. 66, fig. 28, ill.

4900 Historical Woodwind Instruments: An Inventory of 200 Makers in International Collections. Phillip T. Young. London, 1993, pg. 74.

Timelines
The United States and Canada, 1800-1900 A.D.

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