DCM 0761: Johann Carl Daniel Heyl Flute in F

Instrument type: Flute in F

Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap, cork-setting mechanism and ferrules, nickel silver keys.; 49.8 cm.

Key Holes System: 7 keys (7th key for D/E trill), round flaps, pin in wood-lined blocks.

Mark Maximum: HEYL / FRANKFURT

Mark Additional: Mark on barrel. Mark on upper and lower body: HEYL

Condition: Head joint barrel and ferrule cracked. Head joint upper section is a poorly chosen piece of wood, which has suffered a parallel grain crack plus 9 cross grain cracks. Lower body joint socket ferrule cracked, and foot joint socket ferrule cracked. Foot joint socket cracked.

Provenance: L. Chester Smith, San Francisco, 2 Jan. 1928.

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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