DCM 0429: Eugene Joseph Albert Flute in C (Replica)

DCM ledger: "This flute is a Replica [Quantz model], made by Eug. J. Albert of Brussels, by permission of Mr. Victor Mahillon, of a flute in the Brussels Museum, which in turn is a facsimile of one in the Hohenzollern Museum of Berlin.... Replica had silver ferrule on foot, under two keys, evidently not the original.... Head cracked in two places...Aug. 1924!"
Instrument type: Flute in C (Replica)
Medium: Ebony, silver keys, ivory ferrules, foot joint socket silver ferrule.; 65.2 cm.
Key Holes System: 2 keys (D# and E-flat), slightly trapezoidal, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Condition: Has 3 cracks, head joint upper section. Missing brass slide liner (removed by DCM after head joint cracked a month after purchase). Tuning slide tenon out of round.
Provenance: Eugene Joseph Albert, Brussels, 24 July 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.