DCM 0915: William Sherman Haynes Flute in C, Left-Handed

In addition to the standard crutch (for the RH in this case), the instrument also has an added crutch mount for the other hand.
Instrument type: Flute in C, Left-Handed
Medium: Grenadilla, gold-plated silver keys, ferrules.; 68.2 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm system, for the left hand, to low C, Briccialdi thumb, closed G#. C# trill, roller for C#, C.
Mark Maximum: THE HAYNES FLUTE / MFD. BY / WM. S. HAYNES / BOSTON MASS. / U.S.A. / 1166
Mark Additional: Mark on body. Mark on head: WSH (monogram)
Condition: One crutch missing.
Provenance: Wilfrid T. Badger, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1 Mar. 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.