DCM 0076: Frank Aman Flute in C
Summary
DCM ledger: "Special 'Aman' Model...Boehm system made with the idea of a good flute for cheap, quantity production.... This flute made especially for this collection. Was the first one for which he received 'real money.'"
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Silver-plated over brass, wood crutch.; 67.45 cm
Key Holes System: Boehm system, open G#.
Mark Maximum: FRANK AMAN & CO. / CHICAGO / 1917
Mark Additional: Mark on body.
Case: Period case, likely original. One case hinge pin missing.
Provenance: Frank Aman & Co., Chicago, 29 Sept. 1917.
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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