DCM 0644: Heinrich Grenser Flute in C

Upper joints from highest to lowest marked 3, 2, and 2 (accidently stamped as such, and corrected at factory with "1" stamp.) Joint "1" misstamped "2" and bears both crown and Saxon swords superimposed.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Ebony, ivory cap and ferrules, silver keys. Boxwood threaded head joint tuner with ivory shaft.; 63.9 cm., 64.6 cm., 65.4 cm.
Key Holes System: 4 keys, elongated round flaps.
Mark Maximum: (crown) / H · GRENSER / DRESDEN / (5-leaf clover)
Mark Additional: Mark on head, lower body, foot. Mark on upper body: (crown) / H · GRENSER / 3, 2 or 1 / (5-leaf clover).
Condition: Head joint cracked. Ivory ferrule, lower body joint, cracked.
Provenance: Debelaer Antiques, Brussels, 23 Aug. 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.