Photo of DCM 1121: Triebert Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Cocus, silver keys and ferrules.; 61.35 cm.
Key Holes System: 6 keys, saltspoon, on crescent-shaped flanges. Diamond-shaped guide saddles for C and long F.
Mark Maximum: (barbicon-tower with 3 merlons) / TRIEBERT. / A PARIS.
Mark Additional: Mark on upper. Mark on foot: A / PARIS. / (barbican-tower with 3 merlons)
Condition: Head, both sections, cracked entire length, and filled. Short long F contains amateur repair.
Provenance: Mrs. J. G. Griswold, Cleveland, Ohio, 8 Feb. 1932. Formerly owned by William D. Evans, Principal Musician and Fife Major with Co. G. 27 Ohio Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War, and father of the donor.

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.