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Summary
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood (or maple?), brass key.; 60.55 cm.
Key Holes System: 1 key, square flap, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: MEACHAM / & POND / ALBANY
Mark Additional: Mark on head, upper and lower body, foot.
Condition: The present cap is broken so that only the plug portion remains. Lower body joint cracked at socket in 2 places, more than half its length. A repair attempt has been made consisting of a thread binding. DCM ledger: "Lower body cracked and whittled. Cap missing."
Provenance: Charles W. Gray, Brisben, New York, 29 Jan. 1926.
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.