Photo of DCM 0125: Dollard Flute in C - Public domain dedication

In remarkable shape.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Ivory, ivory cap and cork-setting mechanism, silver keys.; 63.8 cm.
Key Holes System: Originally 4 silver keys to low C#, saltspoon, pin in block, a 5th key of nickel silver for left hand B-flat has been added with a brass saddle mount.
Mark Maximum: DOLLARD / DUBLIN
Mark Additional: Mark on foot joint.
Provenance: Redman, Chicago, 24 May 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.