DCM 1180: Thibouville père & fils Flute in C

Note taped to head: "This flute became mine...the year 1834...It was an old flute then." Note signed Geo. B. Lincoln.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, silver key, ivory ferrules.; 54.95 cm.
Key Holes System: 1 key, flat articulated flap, mounted on crescent-shaped sheet metal flange.
Mark Maximum: (8-petalled flower) / THIBOUVILLE, / PERE & FILS. / A PARIS. / (8-petalled flower)
Mark Additional: Mark on head, upper, lower, foot.
Condition: Head joint cracked, including both ferrules.
Provenance: Robert Shackleton, Louisville, Kentucky, 11 Apr. 1933. See Notes.

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.