DCM 0652: Theobald Boehm Flute in C

Embouchure barrel slightly concave for lower lip. DCM ledger cites Boehm Record Book: "No. 1. 1847. September 15. Eine Flote von Messing und vergoldet, mit Ring Klapper von Neusilber." Presented to Briccialdi.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Brass, with brass cap, originally gold-plated, boxwood embouchure barrel, nickel silver keys and post. Ebony crutch.; 63.55 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm's 1847 system, post and rod, open G#. Right hand trill key for B-flat/C (thumb).
Mark Maximum: Th:Boehm / in München. / 1 (cursive)
Mark Additional: Mark on barrel.
Condition: Boxwood embouchure barrel cracked and filled. Original plating no longer (visible) present.
Case: Original case.
Provenance: Sigmund Koch, Munich, 9 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.