DCM 0506: Buffet-Crampon Flute in C
Summary
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, stained and enamelled dark, brass keys and ferrules.; 59.65 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm 1832 system, conical, foot to D. Dorus G#.
Mark Maximum: (lyre) / BUFFET / Crampon (cursive) / A PARIS (in oval cartouche) / BC (monogram)
Mark Additional: Mark on head, body.
Condition: One small crack at head joint socket, crack at foot joint socket.
Provenance: Jean Mignolet, Denver, Colorado, 1 Oct. 1925, who obtained it from Prof. Marcel Demont, Brussels.
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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