Photo of DCM 0617: Triébert Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Ebony, silver keys, ivory ferrules and cork-setting mechanism.; 61.2 cm.
Key Holes System: 5 keys (no short F), mounted in silver saddles, round flat flaps.
Mark Maximum: (barbican-tower with 3 merlons) / TRIEBERT / A PARIS
Mark Additional: Mark on all sections and barrel.
Condition: Head joint, both sections, cracked, including 2 of 4 ferrules. Lower body joint crack in socket to fingerhole 4.
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.