Photo of DCM 0077: Stecher Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver with nickel plated keys, ferrules, and other fittings.; 69.7 cm.
Key Holes System: 13 keys, foot to B, post and rod with pins, modern style key cups. Six toneholes with metal bushings, metal plugs for low C#, C, & B.
Mark Maximum: STECHER / WIEN
Mark Additional: Mark on upper and foot joints.
Condition: Cracks at upper section of head and on upper section just below tenon.
Case: Case, with decorative metal plaque, hinges and handle. Silk lining on inner lid marked: Karl Stecher / VI. Bez. Nelkengasse 8. / Wien
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.