DCM 0616: B. Cabailh Flute in C

Head joint barrel is applied to the brass outer tuning slide member with machine threads.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, ivory cork-setting mechanism with boxwood cap. Cap decorated with an ivory disk. Silver key, ivory ferrules.; 60.9 cm.
Key Holes System: 1 key, flat pivoted flap. Post and rod on flange, applied with 2 screws.
Mark Maximum: (5-pointed star in circle) / B. CABAILH / (5-pointed star in circle)
Mark Additional: Mark on head, lower body, and foot.
Condition: Head joint, both sections, cracked, including 3 ferrules. Lower foot joint ferrule not original (probably DCM).
Provenance: André Rossignol, Paris, 28 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.