| |
NMM 4709. Flute in C (high pitch) by C. G. Conn, Elkhart, ca. 1894-1895
NMM 4709. Flute in C (high pitch) by C. G. Conn, Elkhart, ca. 1894-1895. Serial no. 887. Howe Wonder model. Boehm system, closed hole, C foot. Three sections. Engraved on socket: HOWE MODEL / - MADE BY - / C. G. CONN / ELKHART / - IND. -; stamped on body below socket and under G-sharp key: 887. Silver plated. Sixteen gold-plated keys. Ebonite head joint, crutch, and index-finger rest piece with mother-of-pearl dot; silver-plated embouchure plate with floral engraving; and, gold-plated end cap and head-joint sleeve. Closed G-sharp key; G trill key; B trill key; no B-flat lever. Total length, 26" (660 mm). Arne B. Larson Estate, 1989.
Head Joint
Note: click on image below to see an enlargement
Ebonite head joint; gold-plated end cap and head-joint sleeve.
Silver-plated embouchure plate with floral engraving
Signature and Other Markings
Note: click on any image below to see an enlargement
|
|
 |
Maker's Name
Engraved on Socket |
Continuation of
Maker's Name
Engraved on Socket |
Serial number Stamped
Below Socket
|
Crutch
Note: click on image below to see an enlargement
Details of Keys
Note: click on images below to see enlargements
Lit.: John W. Coltman, "Charles 'Teach-Em' Howe & the Howe Model Flute," Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society, 22, No. 3 (October 1993), pp. 10-11.
Margaret Downie Banks, Elkhart's Brass Roots: An Exhibition to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of C. G. Conn's Birth and the 120th Anniversary of the Conn Company (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1994), No. 18, p. 33.
National Music Museum
The University of South Dakota
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
| |
