DCM 1181: Peter Bressan Treble (Alto) Recorder in F

Instrument type: Treble (Alto) Recorder in F
Medium: Boxwood, stained brown, ivory ferrule and beak.; 50.8 cm.
Key Holes System: 1/7 holes.
Mark Maximum: P u I / BRESSAN / (Lancastrian rose)
Mark Additional: Mark on all sections.
Condition: Beak chipped and crudely repaired, time and place unknown. Fingerholes 1, 3 may have been altered. Edge is damaged and shows evidence of alteration. Foot joint, lower ferrules, large decorative terminating bead, cracked circumferentially and detached nearly 320 degrees and broken into 3 pieces.
Provenance: C. G. Herbert, Altadena, California, 13 Apr. 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.