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Summary
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Green glass, fluted, mother-of-pearl cap, silver keys, ferrules.; 66.4 cm.
Key Holes System: 10 keys, modern style key cups, post and rod on oval flanges bolted to instrument body. Alternate D# for LH little finger.
Mark Maximum: EXPON UNIVLLE 1862 / BRETON / 28 RUE J.J. ROUSSEAU / PARIS
Mark Additional: Mark on head. Hallmarked.
Condition: Spring missing from high D trill.
Provenance: Couesnon et Cie., Paris, 5 Aug. 1931.
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.