DCM 1343: Johann Wilhelm Oberlender II Flute in E-flat

DCM ledger: "The foot-joint is certainly not part of the Oberlender flute. The head-joint is doubtful; it seems to be too large diameter and too long....However the ivory of head seems to match that of the body."
Instrument type: Flute in E-flat
Medium: Ivory, brass key.; 53 cm.
Key Holes System: 1 key, square flap, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: (fir tree) I.W. OBERLENDER (in scroll) / O
Mark Additional: Mark on upper body.
Condition: Brass key (and present spring) likely not original.
Provenance: W. Howard Head, London, 16 Feb. 1938.

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.