DCM 1300: Peter Joseph Tonger Flute in C

The head joint tubing is brass with a U-bend followed by a right angle turn leading to the upper joint. The head has a boxwood embouchure barrel and very rectangular embouchure hole. The body is in 2 sections.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, darkly stained, with brass head joint, thumb rest, ferrules, and keys.; 49.1 cm.
Key Holes System: 6 keys, saltspoon, post and rod.
Mark Maximum: WÜNNENBERG'S D. R. P. No. 49789 / (ornament) P. J. TONGER (ornament) / KÖLN A / RHEIN // 704
Mark Additional: Mark on head.
Provenance: Franklin L. Tavenier, Cleveland, Ohio, 21 Dec. 1936.

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.