DCM 0828: Alfred Badger, made in association with T. P. Monzani Flute in C

Head joint bottom ferrule and cap are decorated with a knurled fine diamond pattern, plus engraving on the ferrule surrounding the gold name shield.

Instrument type: Flute in C

Medium: Ebonite, silver engraved cap, lip plate, barrel, keys and ferrules.; 71.6 cm.

Key Holes System: Boehm system, cylindrical, Dorus G#, Briccialdi B-flat, foot to B. Roller for C#, C.

Mark Maximum: (lyre) / BADGER & MONZANI / 181 BROADWAY / NEW-YORK / (lyre)

Mark Additional: Mark (partly upside down) on head, body. Initial "BP" are crudely scratched onto the gold name plate.

Condition: Right hand first finger key a nickel silver replacement. DCM felt that the flute "originally had five perforated keys."

Case: Original case.

Provenance: Clayton Lindsay, Washington, D.C., 22 Jan. 1929.

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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