DCM 0252: Gautrot, aîné Flute in C
Summary
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Silver.; 65 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm system, cylindrical, open G#, with rectangular toneholes almost full width of bore (Boehm venting principles taken to their logical extreme) and according to DCM, modified in upper part. Action cut very high from body, 23 mm. at foot. Large rectangular toneholes and keys (British Patent no. 2943, Steckel, 1868).
Mark Maximum: Flûte harmonique / Système Steckel / (anchor) / Gautrot-Marquet / à Paris (cursive)
Mark Additional: Mark engraved on head.
Provenance: W. Alan Kennedy, Quebec, Canada, May 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.
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