DCM 0910: Firth Pond & Co. Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, brass key.; 60.7cm.
Key Holes System: 1 key, square flap, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: FIRTH POND & Co. / FRANKLIN SQE / N-YORK
Mark Additional: Mark on upper body. Mark on head, lower, foot: FIRTH POND & CO. / N-YORK
Condition: Lower body joint and foot joint, cracked at sockets.
Provenance: Mrs. Charles G. Franklin, Detroit, Michigan, 6 Jan. 1930.

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.