DCM 1246: George Cloos Fife in A-flat (B-flat)

Instrument type: Fife in A-flat (B-flat)
Medium: Rosewood(?), nickel silver end ferrules.; 43.3 cm.
Key Holes System: 1/6 holes. This instrument has an added left thumbhole, apparently for C natural, roughly half-way between the embouchure hole and maker mark. There is evidence of a metal crack-prevention ferrule, now missing.
Mark Maximum: CROSBY / GC (monogram)
Mark Additional: Scratched on silver ferrule at top: Fagan
Provenance: Thomas M. Fagan, Portland, Maine, 10 Jan. 1935. Formerly in the collection of John T. Fagan, Portland, Maine.

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.