DCM 0096: George Cloos Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Cocus, nickel silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined sockets.; 68.1 cm.
Key Holes System: Simple system, 16 keys (10 keys plus the 6 holes of the principal rank covered with keys, including one ring for upper C# vent), post and rod, modern style key cups, on ribs with adjustment screws. To low C, with roller for C.
Mark Maximum: GEO. CLOOS / GC (monogram) / 3706
Mark Additional: Mark on head and body joint.
Case: Period or original case, with 2 wood tenon covers and aluminum cork case.
Provenance: George Cloos, Brooklyn, New York, 6 June 1918.

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.