DCM 0608a, 0608b, 0608c: Hercule Vertical Whistle Flute

DCM ledger: "Set of 3 Celluloid Flageolets (Toys)."
Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute
Medium: Celluloid.; DCM 608a: 29.2 cm.; 608b: 24.6 cm.; 608c: 22 cm.
Key Holes System: The toneholes are slightly raised, looking rather like the initial stage of the drawn tonehole process.
Mark Maximum: DCM 608a: "HERCULE" U-PARIS // RE / D, 608b: "HERCULE" U-PARIS // FA / F, 608c: "HERCULE" U-PARIS // SOL / G
Condition: The D instrument has a chip missing at the mouthpiece.
Provenance: Music store, rue du Louvre, Paris, 21 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.