DCM 1213: T. van Everen Flute in C

DCM ledger: "Design developed by Mr. T. Van Everen...New York City."
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver keys and ferrules. Two experimental wooden touch pieces for RH.; 68.1 cm.
Key Holes System: DCM ledger: "Boehm System, modified. Experimental arrangement of finger-touches, clutches, adjusting screws, etc. Open G#. Special feature: open-standing D# foot key, requiring complete change of foot keys, etc."
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Condition: Head joint cracked. Body cracked at upper socket. Key work greatly out of adjustment.
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.