DCM 0474: Emil Rittershausen Flute in C

Head joint fully lined with a metal pipe which terminates as a tuning slide within the socket. With crutch.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Grenadilla, silver-plated keys and ferrules, metal-lined head.; 67.5 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm system, cylindrical, closed G#.
Mark Maximum: (Prussian eagle) / E. RITTERSHAUSEN / BERLIN / CARL FISCHER / NEW-YORK / 1496 / (6-pointed star)
Mark Additional: Mark on body. Mark on head: (Prussian eagle) / E. RITTERSHAUSEN / BERLIN / (6-pointed star). Foot: same as head, but without Prussian eagle.
Condition: Small crack in head joint socket. Crack in foot joint through D# hole.
Provenance: George W. Haynes, New York, 6 May 1925.

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.