Transverse Flute

Medium

Wood, ivory, brass

Dimensions

Total L.: 58.7 cm (23.11 in.) ; Cap: .6 cm (¼ in.); Head: 21.5 cm (8.46 in.);Body-1:14.8 cm (5-3/4 in.); Body-2: 12.7 cm (5 in.); Foot: 9.1 cm (3-5/8 in.) CHECK PROPER MEASUREMENTS - ACCORDING TO CURATORS' DECISION - 2/23/04 Body-2: 12.7 cm Foot: 9.1 cm Embouchure: 1.03 x .94 cm Center embouchure to end: 52.4 cm Bore diameter top-bottom: Head: 1.88-1.88 cm Body-1: 1.74-1.47 cm Body-2: 14.3-11.9 mm Foot: 1.19-1.35 mm Hole diam. Distance from Embouchure center to Hole center C#: 6.2 mm 212 mm B: 6.4 mm 246 mm A: 5.6 mm 283 mm G: 6.2 mm 344 mm F#: 6.5 mm 376 mm E: 5.3 mm 411 mm D#: 9.0 mm 470 mm

Classification

Aerophone-Blow Hole-side-blown flute (transverse)

Culture

American

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Roger Gerry, 1986

Accession Number

1986.349.2