DCM 0431: Anonymous Fife in B-flat
Summary
DCM ledger: "Current type, used by Boy Scouts, etc."
Instrument type: Fife in B-flat
Medium: Nickel plate over brass, with ebonite embouchure tube.; 35.7 cm.
Key Holes System: 0/6 holes.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Provenance: Mrs. William E. Cory, Mount Wilson, California, 31 Aug. 1924.
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.