# Transverse Flute in D-flat

- Date: 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
- Credit line: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1943
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/504019)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/mi/web-large/DP302566.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)