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Annotated Checklist of Flutes and Fifes by Philadelphia Makers
(Checklist below in chronological order)
NMM 2770. Fife in C by Klemm & Brothers, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ca. 1819-1823. One piece. Stamped on body: KLEMM & BRO / PHILAD. Boxwood with silver ferrules. Total length, 14-3/4" (373 mm). Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
NMM 2772. Flute in C by Klemm & Brothers, Philadelphia, ca. 1819-1823. Conical. Four sections. Stamped on head joint: KLEMM & BRO. / PHILA. Boxwood with ivory end cap and ferrules. One brass key. Total length, 23-34" (603 mm). Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
NMM 2778. Flute in C by Bacon & Hart, Philadelphia, ca. 1820-1831. Conical. Five sections. Stamped on all joints: BACON & HART / PHILA. African darkwood with silver ferrules. Eight silver keys. Total length, 26-7/8" (682 mm). Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
NMM 5274. Flute in C by Klemm & Brothers, Philadelphia, ca. 1839-1879. Conical. Five sections. Stamped on head joint: KLEMM & BRO. / PHILA. Boxwood with ivory end cap and ferrules. Four nickel-silver keys. Total length, 24-1/8" (612 mm). Purchase funds gift of Mary Ann and Dennis Knutson, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1992.
NMM 2734. Flute by Johann Pfaff, Philadelphia, ca. 1849-1886. Conical. Three sections. Stamped on head joint: J. PFAFF / PHILA. Ivory with silver ferrules. Eight silver keys. Total length, 25-5/8" (657 mm). Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
NMM 2771. Fife in B-flat by Klemm & Brothers, Philadelphia, ca. 1862. One piece. Stamped on body: KLEMM & BRO / PHILAD. Rosewood with silver ferrules. Total length, 16-1/2" (420 mm). Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.
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