Photo of DCM 0185: Anonymous Flute in C - Public domain dedication

DCM ledger: "No name.... No value."

Instrument type: Flute in C

Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver cap, keys, ferrules, and lip plate ferrule.; 67.05 cm.

Key Holes System: 8 keys, modern style key cups, post and rod.

Mark Maximum: No mark.

Condition: Head joint, both sections, cracked. Missing lower ferrule from head. Small crack in lower joint socket, C#, C keys missing.

Provenance: S. G. McMeen, Columbus, Ohio, July 1920.

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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