DCM 0684: Johann Baptist Merklein Czakan (Walking Stick Flageolet)

Keys are recessed into body except for G# which has a raised wooden block glued and morticed into position and possibly original in that form.
Instrument type: Czakan (Walking Stick Flageolet)
Medium: Boxwood, brass keys, ivory ferrules, brass ferrule at tip. Animal horn hole bushings.; 84.3 cm.
Key Holes System: 1/7 holes, 4 keys (D#, long F, G#, B-flat RH 1st finger). Round flat flaps. Three vent holes, 2 are bushed with animal horn in body joint, as is thumbhole.
Mark Maximum: (Hapsburg eagle) / (two 6-pointed stars) / I: MERKLEIN / WIEN / (6-pointed star)
Mark Additional: Mark on head. Mark on upper body: (6-pointed star) / I: MERKLEIN / (6-pointed star)
Condition: Pommel cracked and currently affixed (glued) to head joint. Body joint tenon missing chip of wood.
Provenance: Allen Loomis, Elkhart, Indiana, 18 Nov. 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.