DCM 0944: Walter Crosby Fife in A-flat (B-flat)
Summary
Instrument type: Fife in A-flat (B-flat)
Medium: Rosewood(?), end ferrules with decorative (floral) engraving.; 44.45 cm.
Key Holes System: 0/6 holes.
Mark Maximum: W. CROSBY / BOSTON
Mark Additional: Mark near embouchure. Tip engraved: A.C. Smith / C.R.G.
Provenance: N. C. Godsoe, of Dickinson's Old Curiosity Shop, Boston, 17 May 1930.
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.