DCM 1047: Bacon & Hart Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap, cork-setting mechanism, and ferrules, silver keys.; 67.25 cm.
Key Holes System: 7 keys, saltspoon, pin in block. Foot to C. Originally 6 keys, upper C key added.
Mark Maximum: BACON & HART / PHILA. / (lyre)
Mark Additional: Mark on barrel, upper, lower, and foot.
Condition: Foot and lower joint sockets broken so that the decorative ivory ring and boxwood material underneath are broken and separated from their respective sockets. Upper end of upper joint contains two cracks plus the original upper tenon is broken and missing a replacement tenon having been made for it (now loose) possibly during the working period for this instrument. G# key and two elements of its block broken and separated.
Provenance: N. C. Godsoe, of Dickinson's Old Curiosity Shop, Boston, 20 Apr. 1931.

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.