DCM 0837: William Rönnberg Flute in C
Summary
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood(?), stained to appear as curly maple, silver-plated keys and ferrules. Metal socket on head joint and middle joint upper tenon.; 70.45 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm system, Dorus G#, foot to B.
Mark Maximum: (quadruple diamond) / RÖNNBERG / N.YORK / (quadruple diamond)
Mark Additional: Mark on body and foot.
Condition: Crack at lower end of body joint, previously cross-pinned.
Provenance: Carl (Max) Fischer, New York, 27 Mar. 1929.
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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