DCM 0510: Theodore Berterling Flute in C

With wood crutch. The head joint barrel section contains the tuning slide inner leg tube and is attached to the upper section with machine threads, the male threads of which are actually cut into the wood of the upper section and mate with the female threads cut into the upper ferrule of the barrel section.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver silver-plated keys and ferrules.; 70.9 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm system, closed G#, to low B for the left hand little finger.
Mark Maximum: BERTELING / NEW-YORK
Mark Additional: Mark on metal plate on upper body.
Condition: Head joint cracked, barrel section.
Provenance: Jay Plowe, Los Angeles, 6 Oct. 1925. Given to Plowe by W. A. Clark, Jr., Los Angeles, for this collection.

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.