DCM 0123: William Hall & Son Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Cocus, nickel silver keys, ferrules and lip plate ferrule.; 65.4 cm.
Key Holes System: 8 keys, modern style key cups, pewter plugs over round metal plates for C#, C. Pin in block.
Mark Maximum: WILLIAM HALL & SON / N-YORK // GERMAN SILVER
Mark Additional: Mark on upper joint. Mark on head, barrel, lower and foot joints: WILLIAM HALL & SON / N-YORK
Condition: Head joint, both sections, cracked and filled. Long F guide block broken off and detached.
Case: Case.
Provenance: Baxter-Northup Co., Los Angeles, 26 Jan. 1920.

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.