DCM 0651: Clair Godfroy, aîné Flute in C

It is possible that the head joint is the latest part of this instrument.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Cocus, wood cap with mother-of-pearl or abalone inlay. Silver keys, ferrules, sockets.; 62.1 cm., 62.4 cm., 63 cm.
Key Holes System: Flute in C to low D, with 6 or 7 keys, post and rod on crescent flanges, depending on which of 3 interchangeable joints is used. Middle and longest joints have an extra 1st finger RH B-flat and an open standing upper C key, the metal-lined tonehole for which is elevated in an octagonal turret-like structure. This key must be kept closed by the left thumb, which manipulates the pad cup itself with no fingertouch piece there attached.
Mark Maximum: (face in sunburst) / GODFROY / AÎNÉ. / (star) / 1828 (marks gold-filled, except year)
Mark Additional: Mark on head. Mark on upper and lower body, foot: (face in sunburst) / GODFROY / AÎNÉ. / (star) // upper, lower: (star) / A PARIS / (star)
Case: Mahagony case, with veneer finish. Silver handle and end plate (with inscription: Souvenir de Monsieur James Cockerill pour Monsieur E. Scheibler d'Aix le Chapelle 1825). Red chamois interior.
Provenance: Sigmund Koch, Munich, 8 Sept. 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.