DCM 0276: Anonymous, Chinese Kuan (Double Reed Pipe)

Instrument type: Kuan (Double Reed Pipe)
Medium: Bamboo, nickel silver ferrules.; 22.9 cm.
Key Holes System: 1/7 holes.
Mark Maximum: MADE IN CHINA
Mark Additional: Reed and pipe with paper label.
Provenance: Music shop, Chinatown, San Francisco, 16 Aug. 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.