DCM 1308: Bacon & Weygandt Flute in C
Summary
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Cocus, silver keys and ferrules.; 67.3 cm.
Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon, pewter plugs for C#, C. Pin in block.
Mark Maximum: CUDDY'S / IMPROVED // BACON / WEYGANDT & C° / PHILA. / (lyre)
Mark Additional: Mark on head. Mark on upper, lower, foot: BACON / WEYGANDT & C° / PHILA. / (lyre)
Condition: Head joint, both sections, cracked.
Provenance: Herman C. Rakemann, Washington, D.C., 5 July 1937.
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.
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