DCM 0240: Boehm & Greve Flute in C

Each tenon strengthened with silver ferrule.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Cocus, silver head joint tuning slide components and silver ferrules.; 66.3 cm.
Key Holes System: 9 keys, round flat flaps, post and rod.
Mark Maximum: BOEHM & GREVE / A / MUNICH
Mark Additional: Mark on barrel.
Condition: Head joint lower section cracked and missing tuning slide outer leg. Middle joint lower tenon ferrule missing.
Case: Original case.
Provenance: Arthur Gemeinhardt, Markneukirchen, Germany, 23 Feb. 1922.

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.