DCM 0147: Boehm & Mendler Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C

Medium: Cocus, silver keys and ferrules, nickel silver ribs.; 66.4 cm.

Key Holes System: Boehm system, closed G# (originally open G#), Schleif (octave) key, roller C#, C.

Mark Maximum: BOEHM & MENDLER / MÜNCHEN

Mark Additional: Mark engraved on tenon.

Condition: Crutch missing, G# touch piece missing.

Provenance: Panama Loan Office, San Francisco, 20 Aug. 1920.

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.

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