DCM 0767: Tuerlinckx; Heinrich Grenser Flute in C

Lower body and foot joint by H. Grenser, head joint and possibly upper body joint by Tuerlinckx.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Ebony, ivory cap, cork-setting mechanism and ferrules, silver keys.; 62.4 cm.
Key Holes System: 4 keys, square flat flaps, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: (crown) / H-GRENSER / DRESDEN
Mark Additional: Mark on foot. Mark on head: TUERLINCKX / MALINES / (fleuron). Mark on lower body: (crown) / H-GRENSER
Provenance: W. C. McQuillen, Los Angeles, 4 Feb. 1928.

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.