DCM 1158: Anonymous, possibly German Flute in C

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DCM 1158: Anonymous, possibly German Flute in C

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Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap and ferrules, keys of unidentified plating over base metal, probably brass.; 68.8 cm.
Key Holes System: 10 keys, saltspoon. Right thumb low B with wrap-around arm to automatically close C#, C. Pin in block. DCM ledger: "With B-flat lever for right first finger; and special, low B-natural foot key, for right thumb, together with special 'hook' on long B-natural lever, around the body of flute, to operate on C foot key to close latter with the B-natural key. This seems to be unique."
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Condition: Upper joint, gouged (cause not apparent), and upper tenon warped.
Provenance: Uncle Sam's Loan Office, Oakland, California, 6 Aug. 1932.

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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1700 - 1900
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