Musical Instruments - DCM 1005: Charles Ullmann Ocarina
Summary
Instrument type: Ocarina
Medium: Ceramic, covered outside with cream-colored fitted celluloid, plus carmel-colored celluloid tips at ends.; 16.6 cm.
Key Holes System: 2/8 holes.
Mark Maximum: ULLMANN-PARIS / SYST. RODA - BTÉ S.G.D.G. // FRANCE
Mark Additional: Marked below mouthpiece.
Condition: Celluloid tip missing from large end. Crack in celluloid cover from fingerhole 3 to labium aperture.
Provenance: Baxter-Northup Co., Los Angeles, 1 Oct. 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.
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