1902 Conn Wonder Boehm System Flute with C Foot GL-156_A13-22

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Title: Wonder Boehm System Flute with C Foot

Maker: C. G. Conn

Date: 1902

Geography: Elkhart, Indiana, United States

Material: Metal, ebonite

Keys: Modern / Boehm 1847 system with offset G

Serial Number: 5117

Accession Number: GL-156_A13-22

Provenance: Founding Greenleaf Donation from Conn Museum, 1969

Notes:

  • Three sections, ebonite head joint, metal bore, oval embouchure.

  • Stamped MADE BY / C.G. CONN / ELKHART IND on middle joint. Serial number engraved under G-sharp. 

  • Boehm system, ebonite head joint with mother-of-pearl dots on either side of embouchure plate, gold-plated plateau keys, post and rod on ribs, ebonite crutches (thumb missing).

  • Heavy tarnish on metal bore.

  • Conn “Wonder” Flute model.

  • Original condition.

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