Louis Lot Boehm System Flute
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Object Details
- Lot, Louis
- Description
This flute was made by Louis Lot in Paris, France in 1873. It is a Boehm System flute, serial #1777, made of cocuswood with silver keys. This flute is stamped:
L.L.
LOUIS LOT
PARIS
1777- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of James M. Swain
- 1873
- ID Number
- 1985.0016.06
- accession number
- 1985.0016
- catalog number
- 1985.0016.06
- serial number
- 1777
- Object Name
- flute
- Physical Description
- cocuswood (overall material)
- silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 25 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 65.405 cm x 3.81 cm x 3.81 cm
- place made
- France: Île-de-France, Paris
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Flutes
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_606215
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-3fe9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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