DCM 0303: Firth, Son & Co. Flute in B-flat

Band flute.
Instrument type: Flute in B-flat
Medium: Boxwood, brass key.; 35 cm.
Key Holes System: 1 key, round flap, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: FIRTH, SON & C° / N-YORK / C
Mark Additional: Mark on head. Mark on body joints: FIRTH, SON & C° / N-YORK
Condition: Lower body joint crack at socket.
Provenance: Baxter-Northup Co., Los Angeles, 2 Dec. 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.