1915 Conn New Invention Boehm System Flute with C Foot GL-158_A13-24

Title: New Invention Boehm System Flute with C Foot

Maker: C. G. Conn

Date: 1915

Geography: Elkhart, Indiana, United States

Material: Metal, rosewood

Keys: Modern / Boehm 1847 system with offset G

Serial Number: 33881

Accession Number: GL-158_A13-24

Provenance: Gift

Notes:

• Two sections, metal body, rosewood head joint, oval embouchure.

• Stamped MADE BY / C. G. Conn Ltd. / ELKHART, IND. on barrel. C. L. (key of C, low pitch), stamped above serial number engraved under G-sharp. 

• Boehm system, gold-plated, sand-blast velvet finish on body, silver-plated plateau keys with mother-of-pearl inlay, ebonite crutches (thumb missing).

• C.G. Conn’s “New Invention Boehm System Flute.”

• Hairline crack in head joint. Appears to have been restored.

• Featured in “Elkhart's Brass Roots” exhibition of 1994 (item #19).

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