Photo of DCM 0874: J. Herold Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Original crutch bracket flange covered with a second crutch bracket which takes a crutch having a threaded brass shaft. Extra upper C#-D trill key.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, ivory embouchure bushing (original?), nickel silver keys and ferrules, wood crutch.; 65.7 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm system, open G#. Roller for C#, C.
Mark Maximum: (4 triangles forming circle) / HEROLD / WÜRZBURG / (4 triangles forming circle)
Mark Additional: Mark on head, upper.
Condition: Head joint boxwood cap is cracked. Body joint socket cracked and filled, foot joint cracked at socket.
Provenance: Sigmund Koch, Munich, 23 July 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.