Photo of DCM 0978: Adler Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap, cork-setting mechanism, and ferrules, brass keys.; 66 cm.
Key Holes System: 8 keys, round flaps, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: (crown) / ADLER. / BAMBERG / (3 Maltese crosses)
Mark Additional: Mark on all sections, mark on head and barrel is faint and mostly illegible.
Condition: Head joint barrel cracked, head joint center ferrules cracked. Ivory ferrule at foot broken in 3 pieces.
Provenance: Sigmund Koch, Munich, 27 Aug. 1930. Formerly in the collection of Theo. Schäffer.

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.