1912 Conn New Invention Boehm System Flute with C Foot GL-157_A13-23

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Title: New Invention Boehm System Flute with C Foot

Maker: C. G. Conn

Date: 1912

Geography: Elkhart, Indiana, United States

Material: Metal

Keys: Modern / Boehm 1847 system with offset G

Serial Number: 24305

Accession Number: GL-157_A13-23

Provenance: unknown

Notes:

  • Two sections, metal head and bore, ebonite embouchure plate, oval embouchure.

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

  • Boehm system, silver-plated sand-blast velvet finish on body, gold-plated plateau keys, mother-of-pearl dots on either side of embouchure plate, post and rod on ribs, ebonite crutches (thumb missing).

  • C.G. Conn’s “New Invention Boehm System Flute,” originally listed for $90.

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