DCM 0871: Engelbert Terton Treble (Alto) Recorder in F

Instrument type: Treble (Alto) Recorder in F

Medium: Boxwood, stained brown, ivory ferrules and beak.; 50.7 cm.

Key Holes System: 1/7 holes.

Mark Maximum: (3-pronged crown) / E: TERTON / (lion rampant)

Mark Additional: Mark on all sections.

Condition: Head joint warped. Beak damaged at tip, both ivory and wooden block. Foot joint cracked at socket with ivory loss at edge of fingerhole. Chips missing from decorative turnings.

Provenance: G. Hanken & Zoon, Rotterdam, 12 June 1929.

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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1700 - 1900

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