DCM 0399: Johann Gottfried Martin Flute in C
Summary
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Ebony, ivory cap, cork-setting mechanism, and ferrules, silver keys.; 67.6 cm.; 67.65 cm.
Key Holes System: 8 and 11 keyed (2 upper body joints), square flap, pin in block. Extra keys are high D3-E and D3-D# trill.
Mark Maximum: (Prussian eagle) / MARTIN / 1820
Mark Additional: Mark on foot. Mark on head, both upper body, lower body: (Prussian eagle) / MARTIN
Condition: Upper C key mount broken and repaired. Cap is chipped.
Provenance: W. H. Wilkinson Antiques, Kansas City, Missouri, 13 Mar. 1924.
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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