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Flute

Caleb Gedney (English, active 1754–1769)

1769

Object PlaceLondon, England

Medium/TechniqueBoxwood, ivory, silver

DimensionsLength 67.9 cm (26 3/4 in.)

Credit LineOtis Norcross Fund

Accession number1983.330

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ClassificationsMusical instruments

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InscriptionsStamped on footjoint: CALEB / GEDNEY / 1769; stamped on headjoint and lower bodyjoint: CALEB / GEDNEY; alternate upper bodyjoints stamped: 3 / [sharp]; 4 / [X: natural]; 5 / [b: flat]; stamped on underside of keys: I H [John Hale]

ProvenanceBefore 1983, sold by Max Champion, England, to Harry Moscowitz, New York; by 1983, sold by Moscowitz to David Shorey, Bowdoinham, Maine; 1983, sold by Shorey to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 14, 1983)