DCM 1630: C. G. Conn Flute in C - Public domain museum object photo

Mother-of-pearl key touch plates and embouchure plate attaching screw cover inlays (2, on each head). Body joint barrel elaborately engraved. The left hand 1st finger and the thumb rest, of ebonite, are supported with an ebonite rest applied with an attaching screw which, like the head joint, is disguised with a decorative round mother-of-pearl inlay.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Brass body and foot, nickel silver keywork. All metal parts gold-plated over silver plate. Ebonite and brass heads. See Notes.; 65.65 cm.; 65.7 cm. (extra head)
Key Holes System: Boehm system.
Mark Maximum: MADE BY / C. G. CONN / ELKHART IND / AND / NEW YORK
Mark Additional: Mark on barrel. Mark on body and foot: 3068
Condition: Excellent and playable, with plating worn on frequently handled keys and other areas.
Case: Original case, re-lined on both the interior and exterior.
Provenance: Robert I. Weil, Villanova, Pennsylvania, May/June 1998.

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.