Photo of DCM 0452: Louis Lot Flute in C - Public domain dedication

According to DCM, originally open-holed; holes covered (DCM ledger states covered by Geo. Haynes), and then covers removed later ("restored", by Wm. S. Haynes, 10 May 1926).
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Silver.; 67.9 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm system, with five open holes, closed G#. Foot to C with roller.
Mark Maximum: L.L. / LOUIS LOT / PARIS / 2962 / BREVETÉ
Mark Additional: Mark on head. Mark on body: L.L. / LOUIS LOT / PARIS / BREVETÉ. Ferrules hallmarked.
Provenance: Charles D. Chapman, Morristown, New Jersey, 15 Dec. 1924. According to DCM ledger, this flute was made for Howard Coghill, who told George Haynes it was made in 1880 or 1881.

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.