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Flute
Marked by: I. H. Hoffman (German)
1750–1800
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Blackwood, ivory, silver
Dimensions
Length 61.9 cm (24 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1853
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Aerophones
DescriptionIn C. Conoidal bore. Varnished ebony. Ivory rings and headcap (originally with cork-adjustment screw?). Made in four parts: head, upper and lower body joints and footjoint. Elliptical embouchure. Six fingerholes. One square key (Young type F) of silver, mounted on ring with SATK
InscriptionsStamped on upper bodyjoint: 3 / [eagle] / I.H. HOFFMANN / [eagle]; stamped on lower bodyjoint and foot: [eagle] / I.H. HOFFMANN / [eagle]
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)