DCM 1348: Maker not identified, possibly Germanic Flute in C
Summary
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Ebony, ivory cap and ferrules, silver keys.; 60.5 cm.
Key Holes System: 4 keys, square flat flaps, silver key saddles.
Mark Maximum: 1803 / (flower? ) / (illegible) // (flower?) / M
Mark Additional: Mark on head. Mark on upper: 3 / (flower?) // M
Condition: Crack in head. F key finger spatula broken off and missing, B-flat key missing.
Provenance: G. Meriggioli, Milan, 3 Mar. 1938. Purchased by Meriggioli in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, June 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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