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Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Silver, gold embouchure plate.; 67.3 cm. Key Holes System: Boehm system, open G#, octave (Schleif) key. Mark Maximum: Th. Boehm & Mendler / in / München. Mark Additional: Ma More

Modern German make. Instrument type: Soprano Recorder in C Medium: Cocus, nickel silver ferrule.; 32.7 cm. Key Holes System: 1/7 holes. German fingering. Mark Maximum: R. L. & C°. Mark Additional: Mark on uppe More

Marked adjacent to the windway cut-off key lever are the words "stop key", apparently added by former owner. Also the right thumb key has crudely scratched "B" on the key flap. The stock has an unfinished key m More

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, silver keys, ferrules, guide saddles for C, long F keys. Metal-lined sockets.; 61.2 cm., 62.4 cm. Key Holes System: 6 keys, round flaps. Post and rod on crescent-shap More

DCM ledger: "Totonac Indian, from Panuco, Vera Cruz." Instrument type: Whistle (Duct Flute) Medium: Terracotta.; 4.3 cm. Key Holes System: 0/1 hole. 2 holes for carrying cord. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: More

Primitive workmanship for G# conversion. Body evidently shortened. Tuning slide in head joint besides usual pin and socket. DCM ledger: "Keys of early (Boehm type), with cups screwed to shanks. Fingers with adj More

Instrument type: Clarinet in B-flat or A Medium: Boxwood, brass keys, ivory ferrules.; 49.7 cm. (as is). Key Holes System: 8 keys, square flaps, pin in block. Mark Maximum: CRAMER / LONDON / (unicorn head) Mar More

Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Pottery bird painted red.; 5.8 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: C. H. Schroeder, Pasadena, California, 21 March 1921. The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of C More

DCM ledger: "Spain." Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute Medium: Bamboo, stained purple.; 21.8 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Cracks, and large portion of tube missing. More

DCM ledger: "American Indian, Ute." Tube, with integral mouthpipe. One of the rawhide wrappings also secures the flue cover. Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Unidentified hard wo More

DCM ledger: "Flute has never been used. Ivory head was intact when received. It 'exploded' one day, with audible noise, 4 cracks!" Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Grenadilla, ivory upper head joint, nickel More

The foot joint socket ferrule contains two key rod posts, and to prevent it moving out of position it is secured with a nickel silver arm soldered between the posts and then screwed to the body about 2 cm. down More

DCM ledger: "Exotic Vertical Flute - Arabia. 'Gosbah.'" Instrument type: Nay (End-Blown Flute) Medium: Cane.; DCM 699: 67.4 cm.; 700a-c: 61.9, 61.25, 52.65 cm.; 701a-c: 60.3, 59.1, 51.2 cm.; 702: 38.6 cm. Key H More

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Instrument type: Piccolo in C Medium: Cocus, nickel silver key and ferrules.; 31.4 cm. Key Holes System: 1 key, post and rod. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Pawn shop, Cleveland, Ohio, 14 Nov. 1917. The D More

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Nickel silver.; 68 cm. Key Holes System: 15 keys, simple system (9 keys plus key plates for the 6 principal rank toneholes). Mark Maximum: BARLASSINA / & / BILLORO / MILANO More

Instrument type: Hichiriki (Double Reed Pipe) Medium: Bamboo, stained brown, lacquered red inside. Decoratively bound with brown lacquered string.; 20.85 cm. Key Holes System: 2/7 holes. Elliptical fingerholes More

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Stained boxwood, brass key.; 60.3 cm. Key Holes System: 1 key, square flat flap. Mark Maximum: (flower design) / J. TIETJEN / LONDON (in scroll) Mark Additional: Mark on hea More

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, brass key.; 60.3 cm. Key Holes System: 1 key, square flap, pin in block. Mark Maximum: FIRTH HALL & POND / FRANKLIN SQE / N-YORK Mark Additional: Mark on upper body More

German (artist nationality) painter and woodcut designer (artist role) Recto: l. c.: (initials in border of tablecloth) H B ; l. l.: (in pencil) H B Wm ; l. c.: (arrow, pointing upward) ; verso: (in pencil) l. More

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver head, silver-plated keys.; 73.5 cm. Key Holes System: Simple system flute, conical bore, similar to but slightly less complex than the early Schwed More

With 3 pewter rings, in case. Locks on both joints. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Clear glass, silver keys, ferrules, sockets. Faceted rock crystal "rose-cut" cap (same as DCM 378).; 60.85 cm., 62.55 cm. More

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap with cork-setting mechanism, ivory ferrules, silver keys.; 63.05 cm., 62.3 cm., 61.4 cm. Key Holes System: 6 keys, square flaps, pin in block. Mark Maximu More

Instrument type: Flute in E-flat Medium: Boxwood, brass key.; 50.6 cm. Key Holes System: 1 key, square flap, pin in block. Mark Maximum: METZLER / LONDON / 3 Mark Additional: Mark on head, upper, lower, foot. More

Instrument type: Flute Swab Medium: Steel.; 61.1 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Source not known. The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other win More

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Clear glass, frosted inside with fluted exterior, mother-of-pearl cap, silver keys, ferrules.; 67.3 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, round flat flaps on flanges bolted to body More

Instrument type: Panpipes Medium: Bamboo, bark stripped off leaving partial flat surface. Bound with iron bailing wire which also attaches a wooden combination brace and name plaque.; 15.3 cm. x 9.3 cm. x 7 cm More

"Woodward" mark on barrel from another stamp. This instrument probably had 3 corps de rechange. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap, cork-setting mechanism and ferrules, silver keys, metal-li More

English flutes with interchangeable upper head joints marked 4, 5, 6, meaning of 6 different lengths available, but perhaps rarely ordered. See "Preface" regarding joint numbering (e.g., 3, 4, 5, 6) for possibl More

Instrument type: Flute Swab Medium: Public domain photo of museum object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contain More

DCM ledger: "Sioux Indian." See DCM 539. Tied into the upper retaining thong is a large bird feather to which is attached a piece of yellow ribbon further ornamented with a small swatch of red ribbon. Instrumen More

Instrument type: Transverse Flute Medium: Bamboo, partially painted black and green, with painted area scratched or carved away for natural bamboo color.; 38.1 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes plus 4 vent holes More

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, nickel silver key and ferrule.; 60.5 cm. Key Holes System: 1 key, modern style key cup, post and rod. Mark Maximum: GC (monogram) Mark Additional: Mark on head, upper More

Made for the DCM flute collection, upon request for a flute representative of the "Haynes Quality." Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Silver.; 67.4 cm. Key Holes System: Boehm system, open G#, drawn tonehole More

Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute in B-flat Medium: Steel with black and bronze powder enamel.; 34.95 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Maximum: MADE IN GERMANY / CALURA / B / (hammer and anvil, with More

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ebony(?), nickel silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined head, blocks, and toneholes.; 79.35 cm. Key Holes System: 12 keys, modern style key cups, pin in block. Originally all More

Instrument type: Treble (Alto) Recorder in F Medium: Ivory.; 49.25 cm. Key Holes System: 1/7 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Head joint cracked at both ends and repaired with 7 cross pins (former repa More

Instrument type: Clarinet in B-flat Medium: Boxwood, cocus mouthpiece, brass keys and ferrules.; 66.8 cm. Key Holes System: 12 keys, simple system, modern style key cups, pin in block. Mark Maximum: Eduard Adl More

Instrument type: Di (Transverse Flute) Medium: Bamboo, stained brown, bone tip at foot, covered with 24 windings of black lacquered string. Red and green tassel.; 62.9 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes plus memb More

Integral boxwood thumb rest. Instrument type: Clarinet in A Medium: Boxwood, cocus mouthpiece, brass keys, animal horn ferrules.; 66 cm. (with mouthpiece). Key Holes System: 12 keys, modern style key cups, in More

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Silver.; 63.5 cm. Key Holes System: Carte's 1867 patent, cylindrical, variation of the simple system, open G#, incorporating Boehm full venting principles plus some fingerin More

DCM ledger: "Chippewa Indian." Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Unidentified bone.; 19.6 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 10 Dec. 1926. The Dayton C. Miller collection More

Head joint barrel is applied to the brass outer tuning slide member with machine threads. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory cork-setting mechanism with boxwood cap. Cap decorated with an ivory More

Previously identified as a Kena (notched flute) possibly of llama bone, and of South American Indian (Nasca, Pisco, Peru) origin. However, although containing 4 neatly drilled fingerholes, the upper end is not More

Goggan Brothers likely not maker, but musical instrument dealer. According to DCM ledger: "One ring missing. Barrel joint cracked." Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, silver key and ferrules, head joint More

The instrument was at some point coated with a dark brown, nearly black, lacquer. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap, animal horn ferrules, brass key, metal-lined head.; 60.4 cm. Key Holes More

DCM ledger: "The tube is made of Mexican silver dollars, which cost 43 cents per dollar. Head joint is seamless, made of hollow ingot, bored, turned, and drawn on special hydraulic draw-bench. Tube has the firs More

DCM ledger: "Totonac Indian, from Panuco, Vera Cruz." Instrument type: Whistle (Duct Flute, Fragment) Medium: Terracotta.; 5.8 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: About 75% of the body portion is missing, ap More

Instrument type: Transverse Flute in B-flat Medium: Nickel plate over brass.; 35.55 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Maximum: Melody Flute Co. // V374 Provenance: Walter D. Lanahan, Laurel, Maryland, 4 Ap More

Safety lock at head joint. DCM ledger: "Seems to be identical with Victoria and Albert specimen, dated 1815." Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Clear glass, frosted inside, fluted exterior, mother-of-pearl ca More

Instrument type: Minteki or Seiteki (Transverse Flute) Medium: Bamboo, lacquered red inside, blue tassel with silver beads, bone ferrules, black bands between bone and bamboo at both ends.; 74.8 cm. Key Holes More

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined head.; 63.1 cm. Key Holes System: Old system, conical bore, of the type known as Card's system. According to an indication in th More

Instrument type: Panpipes Medium: Bamboo, leather.; 37.1 cm (longest frame member), 29.8 cm. (longest pipe), 11.1 cm. (shortest pipe) Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Several pipes are split. Provenance: Pier More

Septum located much too high to render the instrument playable. Decorated with cane strip winding in 2 places, showing 3 others where it was likely present. Instrument type: Transverse Flute Medium: Cane or bam More

Reason for unusual division of the instrument is not clear. Seyfrit suggests it may have been shortened to accommodate a rise in the prevailing pitch, but the grain lines in the ivory suggest otherwise. Instrum More

Head joint with nearly 180 degree U-bend followed by a nearly right angle bend for vertical holding (patent no. 49789). The basic curved unit terminates in a tenon which fits into either a standard metal cylind More

Instrument type: Piccolo in E-flat Medium: Grenadilla, rubber barrel, nickel silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined head.; 26 cm. Key Holes System: 6 keys, modern style key cups, post and rod. Mark Maximum: HAW More

Instrument type: Shinobue (Transverse Flute) Medium: Bamboo, lacquered red inside. Decorated at ends and between fingerholes with 12 natural rattan windings over black painted ferrules.; 46.7 cm. Key Holes Sys More

The three body joint tenons have nickel silver strengthening ferrules both at the end and at the shoulder. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, silver keys, ivory ferrules and cork-setting mechanism. Cap More

Range: D#2 - A4. Instrument type: Panpipes Medium: Brass, nickel plated, closed with cork.; 3.9 x 17.85 x 13.7 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Baxter-Northup Co., Los Angeles, Sept. 1923. The Dayton C. More

DCM ledger, quoting letter from Montague George of Rudall Carte, 21 Jan. 1927: "This flute was imported for Mr. L. B. Shaw of Broc[k]ton, Mass in July 1915. Made in 1915 by workman named Whitman [at Rudall Cart More

Instrument type: Fife in B-flat (Fife in C) Medium: Mahagony(?), brass end ferrules.; 37 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Source not known. The Dayton C. Miller collection i More

Instrument type: Flute in C, Left-Handed Medium: Cocus, silver-plated keys and ferrules. Head joint fully lined with a metal pipe which terminates as a tuning slide within the socket.; 65.85 cm. Key Holes Syst More

DCM ledger notes mark on head (noted above) is on every section. Instrument type: Piccolo in D-flat Medium: Grenadilla (cocus?), ebonite head, nickel silver cap, keys and ferrules.; 29.2 cm. Key Holes System: More

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Unidentified wood, ivory cap, cork-setting mechanism, and ferrules, silver keys.; 60 cm. Key Holes System: 4 keys, saltspoon, pin in block. Mark Maximum: POTTER / LONDON / P More

DCM repairs include new silver caps for joints and to original case. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Silver, gold embouchure plate, wood crutch.; 69.5 cm. Key Holes System: Boehm system, with Schleif key, More

Instrument type: Flute in A-flat Medium: Cocus, nickel silver keys and ferrules.; 38 cm. Key Holes System: 6 keys, shallow saltspoon cups, post and rod, direct mount. Mark Maximum: TRADEMARK / (orchestral tria More

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ebonite, silver keys, metal-lined head.; 65.4 cm. Key Holes System: Conical bore, old system flute of John Clinton's patented model Equisonant System (see DCM 109 and 379). More

DCM ledger: "Original paste-board box." Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Unidentified wood, apparently stained both inside and out. Ivory cap and ferrules, brass key.; 62 cm., 63 cm., 64 cm. Key Holes Syste More

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. More

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ebonite, nickel silver ferrules.; 53cm. Key Holes System: Giorgi system, to low D. See DCM 112. Mark Maximum: MAINO E ORSI / MILANO (inside oval shield) / DI / PROF. R. ORSI More

DCM ledger: "Designed for lecture demonstrations, on harmonic tones, and complex quality due to overtones.... Only tones: C, C#, D." Instrument type: Flute Medium: Silver.; 67.7 cm. Key Holes System: 2 keys, f More

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ivory, silver keys, ferrules, and socket linings. DCM ledger: "Pearl cap."; 69.4 cm (without cap) Key Holes System: 9 keys, saltspoon, with pewter plugs over square metal pl More

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, silver keys, ferrules. Lower joint blocks lined with silver.; 70.15 cm. Key Holes System: 10 keys, round flaps, foot to B. Mark Maximum: S. KOCH / WIEN Mark Additiona More

Unusual, including a separate foot joint. Instrument type: Piccolo in C Medium: Ebony(?), nickel silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined head and key blocks.; 31.2 cm. Key Holes System: 6 keys, round flat flaps, More

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Maple(?), brass key, brass ferrules, and nickel-plated brass ferrule. See Condition.; 60.1 cm. Key Holes System: 1 key, square flap, pin in block. Mark Maximum: POND & Co / More

after a painting by Jean Antoine, or Antoine, Watteau, painter of fêtes galantes, draughtsman and engraver, 1684-1721 (artist notes) French (artist nationality) engraver and etcher (artist role) Watteau, Antoin More

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Instrument type: English Flageolet in C Medium: Cocus, ivory mouth beak, ferrules, finger studs and upper sponge chamber section, silver key.; 42.6 cm. Key Holes System: 1/7 holes plus 1 key (D#), octagonal fl More

See DCM 539. DCM ledger: "Sioux Indian." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Light wood, pine or spruce, stained clay red. Lead flue plate. The instrument is decorated with an oran More

Instrument type: Oboe in C Medium: Boxwood, stained brown, brass keys, ivory ferrules.; 58.45 cm. Key Holes System: 2 keys (C with double touch), round flap, pin in block. Mark Maximum: CAHUSAC / 196 / STRAND More

Instrument type: Feng Huang Xiao Medium: Jade, carved in one piece, in imitation of bamboo, yellow/brown tassel.; 56.3 cm. Key Holes System: 1/5 plus 2 tassel holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: The Ming More

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver keys and ferrules.; 71.2 cm. Key Holes System: 19 keys, (13 keys plus the 6 holes of the principal rank covered with keywork), post and rod, with m More

Instrument type: Flute Medium: Boxwood, brass keys, black horn ferrules.; 58.95 cm. Key Holes System: 4 keys, modern style key cups, pin in block. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Head joint lower ferrule mis More

Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute, Triple Pipe Medium: Unidentified hard wood with low relief carving, geometric forms, and intersecting lines and dots, stained green.; 30.2 cm. Key Holes System: Right p More

Instrument type: Dvoynice Medium: Unidentified hard wood with low relief carving, geometric forms, stained reddish brown with stained green areas.; 27.65 cm. Key Holes System: Right pipe: 0/4 holes; left: 0/3 More

This instrument is unusual and may have received several alterations, reasons for which are not clear. According to DCM: "All fingerholes are bushed, as though the large Nicholson holes have been reduced." Howe More

Instrument type: Ohe Hano Ihu (Nose Flute) Medium: Bamboo.; 28.75 cm. Key Holes System: 0/2 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Crack at lower end. Provenance: Marideen Visscher, Cleveland, Ohio, 14 Nov. More

Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Terracotta, reddish brown color.; 5.8 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 30 Sept. 1937. The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of More

Lip plate apparently not original, applied with silver tacks. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, silver cap, lip plate, keys, and ferrules (over ivory).; 69.3 cm. Key Holes System: 9 keys, to low B. Sa More

This instrument is slightly unusual in that the 2 tubes share a common wide ivory ferrule at the bottom, and, the fipple stock is on 2 sides, pre-cross pinned similar to English flutes and clarinets by the peri More

Instrument type: Flute in E-flat Medium: Cocus, nickel silver keys, ferrules. Head joint partially metal-lined.; 51.25 cm. Key Holes System: 5 keys, modern style key cups, post and rod, direct mount. Mark Maxi More

Instrument type: Recorder or French Flageolet (Part only) Medium: Boxwood.; 9.4 cm. (as is) Mark Maximum: (sunburst) / A PARIS Condition: Socket cracked in 3 places. Provenance: Source not known. The Dayton C More

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, nickel silver keys.; 65.95 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon, with pewter plugs over square metal plates for C#, C. Pin in block. Mark Maximum: E. CUDDY / LONDO More

Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute Medium: Cane, with picture of Krishna glued to instrument (formerly had gold metallic bands at each end of picture and at foot of instrument).; 25.85 cm. Key Holes Syste More

Instrument type: Fife in B-flat(?) Medium: Black-finished brown wood, silver ferrules, 2 nickel silver rings.; 37.8 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Condition: Crack, repaired with 2 nickel silver rings. Scrat More

DCM ledger: "Tenor Flute in F." Tonehole spacing is increased enough compared to DCM 1094 and 1095 that this might have been intended to be, as according to DCM, a Tenor in F. However, the overall length appear More

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ebony(?), varnished, end cap, and cork-setting mechanism, silver keys, ivory ferrule, with brass-lined head joint.; 61.05 cm. Key Holes System: 4 keys, pewter plug pads, pin More

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, nickel silver keys, ferrules.; 61.8 cm. Key Holes System: Cylindrical, Old System Improved, Mignolet Model. 12 keys, (6 keys plus the 6 principal rank toneholes cover More

Instrument type: Suling (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Bamboo, with burned in fingerholes and burned in decoration.; 37.6 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Slight crack betwe More