DCM 1171: Key Flute in A (d'amore) or A-flat (B-flat)
Summary
Although possibly a flute d'amore in A, this instrument may have been intended to be a so-called B-flat flute (actually in A-flat) for flute band usage.
Instrument type: Flute in A (d'amore) or A-flat (B-flat)
Medium: Cocus, nickel silver keys, ivory ferrules.; 81.65 cm.
Key Holes System: 8 keys, foot to C, saltspoon, with pewter plugs over square metal plates for C#, C (G#, G). Pin in block.
Mark Maximum: PATENT / KEY / LONDON / (unicorn head)
Mark Additional: Mark on foot. Mark on head, upper, lower: KEY / LONDON / (unicorn head).
Condition: Long F key and long F key upper block, front side, a replacement, possibly DCM.
Provenance: William Hayes, London, 10 Mar. 1933.
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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