DCM 0224: Armin Sternberg Flute in C

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 in block, the E-flat key mount is metal-lined.
Mark Maximum: (crest) / STERNBERG / HANGSZER-GYAR / BUDAPEST
Mark Additional: Mark on foot. Mark on head, upper body: STERNBERG / HANGSZER-GYAR. Mark on lower: (crest) / [?] / [?]
Condition: Head joint, both sections, cracked, including the larger center ferrule. Head joint upper ferrule possibly a replacement. Lower body joint socket cracked and repaired with 3 nickel silver cross pins plus a nickel silver ferrule situated adjacent (beneath) the original ivory ferrule. Foot joint crack in pin block, short crack starting at E-flat tonehole beneath.
Provenance: G. Meriggioli, Milan, 1 Feb. 1922.

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.