DCM 0363: Alfred G. Badger Flute in C

DCM ledger: "Two small holes for thumb with single key, altered to Briccialdi. Rounded end at bottom of flute probably cut off."

Instrument type: Flute in C

Medium: Rosewood, silver lip plate ferrule, silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined head.; 66.6 cm.

Key Holes System: Boehm's 1832 system, conical, Dorus G#, roller C.

Mark Maximum: P. ERNSTS / APPROVED // (lyre) / A.G. BADGER / NEW-YORK / N° 49 / (lyre)

Mark Additional: Mark on body. Mark on head, foot: A.G. BADGER / NEW-YORK.

Provenance: Baxter-Northup Co., Los Angeles, Sept. 1923.

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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