DCM 0206: Walter Crosby Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Cocus, silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined head.; 67 cm.
Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon, pewter plugs over rectangular metal plates for C#, C. Pin in block.
Mark Maximum: W. CROSBY / BOSTON
Mark Additional: Mark on barrel, upper and lower body, foot.
Condition: Head joint, both sections, cracked and filled. B-flat key block wood chip missing.
Provenance: Pierce's Old Book and Curio Shop, Berkeley, California, 15 Dec. 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.