DCM 1160: Clinton & Co. Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Silver-plated brass.; 65.1 cm.
Key Holes System: 8 keys, conical bore, simple system. Like standard metal clarinets, the toneholes have raised chimneys. The six fingerholes of the principal rank are grouped together as two sets of three, each having a continuous and decorative plate soldered on top which represents what would be the outer diameter of a wooden or double wall metal instrument. The toneholes are quite large and exceed the norm for those frequently described as Nicholson model. DCM ledger: "Each key mounted on a single large post, with a slot through the large head of the post. The key is held by a large screw, screwed on the post, over the key shank, and with a needle-point pivot on the cup entering a hole in shank. This is Clinton's 1857 PATENT Key construction."
Mark Maximum: CLINTON & Cº. / Patentees. / 35, Percy Street. / Bedford Square. / LONDON.
Mark Additional: Mark on upper body. Mark on foot: 2011. Head lightly scribed: Seymour W. Sauley / 103rd Regt.
Condition: Foot joint broken into 3 separate pieces at the C# and C toneholes and repaired by soldering those portions and the pertinent tonehole chimneys and key mounting posts with a very high tin-lead solder, possibly pure tin.
Provenance: J. Clayton Boyes, Bushey, England, 27 Sept. 1932.

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.