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Annotated Checklist of Flutes and Fifes by
Firth & Hall
Firth, Hall, & Pond
Firth, Pond & Company
William Hall & Son
Meacham & Pond
William A. Pond & Company
Pond & Company
of
Albany and New York, New York
(Checklist below in chronological order)
NMM 3861. Composite flute in D with parts by Meacham & Pond, Albany, New York, ca. 1821-1832, and Firth & Hall, New York, ca. 1828-1832. Conical. Four sections. Stamped on head joint and upper joint: MEACHAM / & POND / ALBANY; stamped on heart piece and foot joint: FIRTH & HALL / N. YORK. Boxwood with ivory ferrules (end cap missing). One brass key. Total length, 23-1/2" (597 mm). Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
NMM 5508. Flute in D by Firth & Hall, New York, ca. 1821-1832. Conical. Four sections. Stamped on upper joint, heart piece, and foot joint: FIRTH & HALL / N. YORK; stamped on lower ferrule of head joint: PATENT. African blackwood body with ivory head joint with blackwood tuning slide and silver ferrules. Eight silver keys. Total length, 26" (660 mm). Ex coll.: Gordon Kloke, Waukesha, Wisconsin. Board of Trustees, 1993.
NMM 5277. Flute in C by Pond & Company, Albany, ca. 1825-1828. Conical. Four sections. Stamped on all joints: POND & Co / ALBANY. Boxwood with ivory end cap and ferrules. Four brass keys. Total length, 23-5/8" (600 mm). Purchase funds gift of Mary Ann and Dennis Knutson, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1992.
NMM 2818. Flute in C by Meacham & Pond, Albany, ca. 1828-1832. Conical. Four sections. Stamped on all joints: MEACHAM & POND / ALBANY. Boxwood with ivory end cap and ferrules. One brass key. Total length, 24-3/4" (603 mm). Gift of Arne B. Larson, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1981.
NMM 4920. Fife in C by Meacham & Pond, Albany, ca. 1828-1832. Conical. One piece. Stamped on body: MEACHAM / & POND / ALBANY. Boxwood with brass ferrules. Total length, 14-5/8" (373 mm). Board of Trustees, 1990.
NMM 3246. Flute in D by Firth, Hall, & Pond, New York, ca. 1833-1844. Conical. Four sections. Stamped on head joint: FIRTH HALL & POND / FRANKLIN SQE / N-YORK; stamped on upper joint, heart piece, and foot joint: FIRTH HALL & POND / N-YORK. Boxwood with four silver keys. Total length, 24-1/4" (617 mm). Board of Trustees, 1983.
NMM 2723. Flute in D by Firth, Hall, & Pond, New York, ca. 1833-1847. Conical. Four sections. Stamped on upper joint: FIRTH HALL & POND / FRANKLIN SQR / N-YORK; stamped on head joint, heart piece, and foot joint: FIRTH HALL & POND / N-YORK. Boxwood with ivory ferrules. One brass key. Total length, 23-5/8" (600 mm). Given in memory of Glenn A. Kimball (1886-1986) by Margaret Downie Banks, Vermillion, 1980.
NMM 4560. Flute in D by Firth, Hall, & Pond, New York, ca. 1833-1847. Conical. Four sections. Stamped on upper joint: FIRTH HALL & POND / FRANKLIN SQE / N-YORK; stamped on head joint, heart piece, and foot joint: FIRTH HALL & POND / N-YORK. Cocus wood with ivory ferrules. Four nickel-silver keys. Total length, 24-3/8" (619 mm). Arne B. Larson Estate, 1989.
NMM 3524. Flute by Firth, Pond, & Company, New York, ca. 1847-1863. Conical. Four sections. Stamped on heart piece: FIRTH POND & CO. / FRANKLIN SQ. / N-YORK; stamped on head joint, upper joint, and foot joint: FIRTH POND & CO. / N-YORK. Boxwood with ivory ferrules. Four brass keys. Total length,24" (610 mm). Gift of Alice B. Whitlow, Vermillion, 1984.
NMM 10472. Flute by William Hall & Son, New York, ca. 1847-1874. Conical. Four sections. Stamped on all joints: WILLIAM HALL & SON / N-YORK. Boxwood with ivory ferrules and end cap. One brass key. Total length, 23-3/4" (603 mm). Gift of James Boeringer, Silver Spring, Maryland, 2003.
NMM 2784. Flute in C by William Hall & Son, New York, ca. 1848-1849. Conical. Five sections. Stamped on upper joint: WILLIAM HALL & SON / 239 BROADWAY / N-YORK; stamped on head joint, tuning slide, heart piece, and foot joint: WILLIAM HALL & SON / N-YORK. Rosewood with silver ferrules. Eight silver keys. Total length, 26-1/4" (666 mm). Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
NMM 3076. Flute in C by William Hall & Son, New York, ca. 1848-1849. Conical. Four sections. Stamped on all joints: WILLIAM HALL & SON / 239 BROADWAY / N-YORK; stamped on upper joint under signature: GERMAN SILVER. Rosewood with bone ferrules. Four nickel-silver keys. Total length, 24" (609 mm). Gift of James D. Mackie, Seward, Nebraska, 1982.
NMM 4278. Flute in C by William Hall & Son, New York, ca. 1848-1849. Conical. Five sections. Stamped on upper joint: WILLIAM HALL & SON / 239 BROADWAY / N-YORK / GERMAN SILVER; stamped on head joint, tuning slide, heart piece, and foot joint: WILLIAM HALL & SON / N-YORK. Rosewood with ivory ferrules. Four nickel-silver keys. Total length, 23-3/4" (604 mm). Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
NMM 2819. Flute in D by William A. Pond & Company, New York, ca. 1864. Conical. Four sections. Stamped on upper joint: Wm A. Pond & Co. / 547 BROADWAY / N-YORK; stamped on head joint, heart piece, and foot joint: Wm A. Pond & Co. / N-YORK. Boxwood. One brass key. Total length, 26-1/4" (667 mm). Gift of Arne B. Larson, Vermillion, 1981.
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