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Flute

1832–48
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: 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
  • Object Number: 1991.349.7
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

Audio

Cover Image for Old Memories, Stephen Collins Foster From: Crystal to Gold: Precious Flutes and Guitars from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fleur de son classics FDS57932 Firth, Hall & Pond Flute accompanied by Martin guitar 1983.348 John Dowdall, gitar and Jan Boland, flute

Old Memories, Stephen Collins Foster From: Crystal to Gold: Precious Flutes and Guitars from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fleur de son classics FDS57932 Firth, Hall & Pond Flute accompanied by Martin guitar 1983.348 John Dowdall, gitar and Jan Boland, flute

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