DCM 0194: A. Collard & Co. Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Ebonite, silver keys and ferrules.; 66.3 cm.
Key Holes System: Carte's 1867 patent (see DCM 14) with Collard's modifications, British patent no. 4661, 1885. Cylindrical. This modification essentially just shifts to the front of the tube the mechanism whereby depressing the 3rd finger right hand key closes the G-natural tonehole thus offering an alternate F# fingering (Boehm system). Post and rod, open G#, roller for low C.
Mark Maximum: COLLARD'S PATENT / 192
Mark Additional: Mark on body.
Provenance: F. A. Halls, New York, 7 Sept. 1921.

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.