Theobald Boehm Flute National Museum of American History
This flute was made by Theobald Boehm in Munich, Germany in 1848. It is a Boehm System flute, serial #4, made of silver with a wood lip plate and accessioned with a period case. This flute is engraved:Th.
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Boehm flutes
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Boehm's Ghost: A Vicarious Portrait of a Flute Maker in London
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Recital: Anne Chao '23, Flute
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Theobald Böhm, Flute Giant
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Western Concert Flute: Most Up-to-Date Encyclopedia, News & Reviews
Boehm & Mendler, German, Transverse Flute, German
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Claude laurent hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy
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Woodwind 19th century hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy
Theobald Boehm Flute National Museum of American History
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A Brief History Of The Flute
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Theobald Böhm as a flutist