DCM 0798: Chabrier de Peloubet Flute in C
Summary
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap with cork-setting mechanism and ferrules, brass keys.; 60.9 cm.
Key Holes System: 6 keys, round flaps, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: C. PELOUBET / NEW-YORK
Mark Additional: Mark on head, upper and lower body, foot.
Condition: Head cracked, C key replaced (by DCM?).
Provenance: Elizabeth B. Ripley, Malden, Massachusetts, 31 July 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.
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