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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The Inventor of the Bb thumb lever on the Böhm flute: Theobald Böhm or Giulio Briccialdi?
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Flute - Wikipedia
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Boehm system (clarinet) - Wikipedia
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Theobald Boehm - Wikipedia
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History of Theobald Böhm and correct spelling
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Boehm system (clarinet) - Wikipedia
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The Flute (Yale Musical Instrument Series): 9780300094985: Powell, Ardal: Books
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Boehm system (clarinet) - Wikipedia
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Open G Sharp Key
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Theobald Boehm - Horniman Museum and Gardens
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DCM 1237: Theobald Boehm / Flute in B-flat
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Theobald Boehm, Flute inventor, Music innovator, Woodwind pioneer