DCM 0418: Michael Duval Flute in C

The foot joint key is unique, having a plug pad similar to the English style pewter plug but instead made of leather, and secured with a screw. Instead of being applied between wood lugs with a pin, this has one wooden integral lug and the key is formed to surround the lug and is applied with the normal brass pin arrangement.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Ebony(?), silver key, ivory ferrules.; 61.55 cm.
Key Holes System: 1 key, round with leather plug pad, pin in block. See Notes.
Mark Maximum: DUVAL / 12 / A MAESTRICHT
Mark Additional: Mark on head. Mark on upper: DUVAL / 3 [or 5]. Mark on lower body, foot: DUVAL
Condition: Head joint cracked.
Provenance: Sumner Healey, New York, 7 June 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.