DCM 0966: Joseph Dupre Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Ebony, ebony cap with ivory disk inlay, brass liner in head joint. Silver keys, ivory ferrules.; 62.35 cm.
Key Holes System: 5 keys, modern style key cups, post and rod on crescent-shaped flanges.
Mark Maximum: (5-pointed star) / (lyre) / DUPRE, / A TOURNAY. / (5-pointed star)
Mark Additional: Mark on head, barrel, upper, lower, foot.
Condition: Head joint, both sections, cracked. Lower body joint slight crack at socket. C key finger lever a nickel silver replacement made by DCM.
Provenance: George Cloetens, Brussels, 9 Aug. 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.