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Collection Abbreviation
USA-MA-Boston: MFA
Accession
17.1804
Maker Abbreviation
Neale
Lowest Note
d'
Size
voice flute
Year Made
c. 1730
Pitch
Pieces
3
Length
615
Keys
Material Body
pear, varnished blackish-brown
Material Mounts
unmounted
Material Keys
Notes
Stamped on back of foot: NEALE | [bear with two arrows]; scratched on bottom of foot: NEALE / MAKER
Bessaraboff (1941) notes the scratching as NEAVE, but this seems to have been in error.
Image.
Drawing by Catherine Folkers & Rob Turner (1984) available from the museum.
Bessaraboff (1941); Williams (2007).
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