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Transverse Flute in B-flat

before 1852
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Transverse Flute in B-flat
  • Maker: Johann Ziegler
  • Date: before 1852
  • Geography: Vienna, Austria
  • Culture: Austrian
  • Medium: Wood, silver, nickel-silver
  • Dimensions: L. 765 mm., Embouchure length 664 mm.
  • Classification: Aerophone-Blow Hole-side-blown flute (transverse)
  • Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
  • Object Number: 89.4.922
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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