Name of Instrument: stockflote in C

Maker / Brand:

Stearns Catalog #: 0578

Country of Origin: Germany?

Region of Origin: Europe

Instrument Category: Aerophone

Date of Fabrication: 19th C.

Location: AER P 5

Description: This Walking-Stick Flute in D has four boxwood sections (including terminal section) with maple cap. It has engraved brass ferrules and a terminal mount with steel tip. It has one brass key of the flat, rectangular flap type mounted in a channel that has been cut into the tube. It has two ivory-bushed holes above the embouchure hole that is intended for decorative cord.

Research: Prof. James M. Borders