DCM 0711: Emil Rittershausen Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Cocus, nickel silver keys, ferrules, metal-lined sockets.; 71.6 cm.
Key Holes System: Conical bore, old system modified, with 18 keys; 12 keys with the principal 6 tonehole rank covered with key work. Modern post and rod on ribs.
Mark Maximum: (Prussian eagle) / E. RITTERSHAUSEN / BERLIN / CARL FISCHER. / NEW-YORK / (6-pointed star)
Mark Additional: Mark on body. Mark on head: C. FISCHER / N.Y. (in oval cartouche). Foot: (Prussian eagle) / E. RITTERSHAUSEN / BERLIN / (6-pointed star)
Condition: Head joint cracked.
Provenance: J. Rieder Pawn Shop, Philadelphia, 28 Apr. 1927.

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.