Transverse Flute

ca. 1795

Not on view

Kirst was one of the foremost German flute makers of his generation. The instrument comes with four exchangeable upper-middle sections to tune the flute in different pitches, and an additional C-foot for the notes c-sharp and c.

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Title: Transverse Flute
Maker: Friedrich Gabriel August Kirst (German, Dresden ca. 1750–1806 Berlin)
Date: ca. 1795
Geography: Potsdam, Germany
Culture: German
Medium: Boxwood, silver, ivory
Dimensions: L. 63.7 cm (25 3/32 in.) with joint 3 and D-foot
Classification: Aerophone-Blow Hole-side-blown flute (transverse)
Credit Line: Purchase, Robert Alonzo Lehman Bequest, 2005
Object Number: 2005.279a–i
Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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