DCM 0717: Claude Laurent Flute in C

Safety lock at head joint. DCM ledger: "Seems to be identical with Victoria and Albert specimen, dated 1815."
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Clear glass, frosted inside, fluted exterior, mother-of-pearl cap, silver (nickel?) keys and ferrules.; 61.7 cm., 66.9 cm.
Key Holes System: 6 or 8 keys, rollers C#, C. Modern style key cups, post and rod, on flanges bolted to body of instrument except D# key which is soldered to foot joint socket ferrule.
Mark Maximum: LAURENT Palais Royal Nº. 65 Paris. / Breveté (cursive after maker name)
Mark Additional: Engraved on barrel.
Condition: Middle joint glass broken at 4th fingerhole, crudely repaired by filling the bore at that point with unidentified resin. Foot joint (D) has chips and aperture completely through.
Provenance: N. Grosvenor Norris, Alton, Illinois, 30 July 1927. Formerly owned by H. M. Norris of Cincinnati, Ohio.

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.