DCM 1212: Florentin Barbier Flute in C

Crutch.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Nickel silver.; 69 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm system, closed G#, foot to B operated by left hand.
Mark Maximum: F. BARBIER BTÉ S.G.D.G. // Médlle d'Argt / Exption 1878 / Cousenon & Cie (cursive) // PARIS / 536
Mark Additional: Mark on barrel.
Provenance: Arthur Gemeinhardt, New York, 4 Apr. 1934.

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.