DCM 0131: Asa Hopkins Flute in C

The ivory end cap appears to be a replacement, it being slightly undersize and less finely turned than the ferrules. The head joint lower ferrule is also a replacement. Upper 4.5 cm. of the lower body joint tube is a replacement, although the ferrule may be from the instrument.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap and ferrules, silver keys.; 59.55 cm.
Key Holes System: 4 keys, saltspoon, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: A. HOPKINS / LITCHFIELD / CONN
Mark Additional: Mark on head, barrel, upper body, foot joints.
Condition: See Notes.
Provenance: Wendell P. Tarbell, Milford, New Hampshire, 15 July 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.