DCM 0653: Theobald Boehm Flute in C
Summary
DCM identifies the crown mark and no. 28 as "K. Hofmusik / Number."
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Nickel silver, ivory tube for embouchure, wood crutch.; 62.6 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm system, open G#.
Mark Maximum: (crown) / No. 28. / Th. Boehm / in / München. / 21. (cursive)
Mark Additional: Mark on barrel.
Condition: Altered aspects were realtered and repaired by Miller, see DCM ledger. Ivory cracked through embouchure and poorly filled.
Case: Original case.
Provenance: Sigmund Koch, Munich, 9 Sept. 1926. DCM ledger: "Koch said this flute came from 'Knierer', a former pupil of Boehm's."
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.
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