Transverse Flute in D-flat, 1760–90
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Transverse Flute in D-flat

1760–90

Medium
Hard-paste porcelain, gold-plated brass
Classification
Aerophone-Blow Hole-side-blown flute (transverse)
Dimensions
1 3/8 × 24 5/8 × 1 1/4 in. (3.5 × 62.5 × 3.2 cm) Length (Smaller joint): 7 13/16 in. (19.8 cm) Length (Longer joint): 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm) Case: 1 3/4 × 10 1/8 × 6 1/2 in. (4.4 × 25.7 × 16.5 cm)
Culture
German
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Musical Instruments
Credit line
Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1943
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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