DCM 0602: Bellissent Flute in C
Summary
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, with standard French cap (screw dome shape) of boxwood and ivory. Brass keys, ivory ferrules.; 61.3 cm.
Key Holes System: 6 keys, round flaps, post and rod, mounted on brass crescent flanges.
Mark Maximum: (harp) / BELLISSENT / A PARIS / (five 5-pointed stars over shallow curved line) / #
Mark Additional: Mark on head, barrel, upper, lower, foot.
Condition: Crack through barrel and lower head joint.
Provenance: "Au Berceau Royal," M. et A. Salomon, Paris, 17 July 1926.
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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