c. 1900 nach Meyer 10-Key Flute with B Foot GL-146_A13-12

Title: 10-Key Flute with B Foot

Maker: unknown / nach Meyer

Date: c. 1900

Geography: unknown

Material: Blackwood/Grenadilla

Sounding Length: 25 3/16 in. (63.9 cm)

Keys: Simple system; 5 standard keys, plus long LH4 F (double), RH 1 long E to D trill, low C, C-sharp, and B

Serial Number: N/A

Accession Number: GL-146_A13-12

Provenance: Founding Greenleaf Donation from Conn Museum, 1969

Notes:

• Four sections, no separate foot joint, metal-lined head joint with tuning slide, conical bore, oval-square embouchure.

• Stamped NACH / H. F. MEYER / HANOVER / L P on head joint.

• L.P. on stamping indicates “low pitch.”

• No visible cracks.

• Pads appear original or an earlier replacement that needs to be revised.

• Hand-carved inscription “Fa-1” on all joints.

• Good original condition.

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