DCM 1353: C. G. Conn Flute in C - Public domain museum object photo

Head joint ebonite or similar hard rubber composition over metal tube, with engraved silver lip plate adhered to surface. Tubing silver-plated with gold-plated keys, head joint cap, and decorative ferrules.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Brass (possibly nickel silver), ebonite head with silver lip plate, gold-plated head joint tips, key cups and rods silver and gold-plated. DCM ledger: "Ebonite knob left knuckle-joint." See Notes.; 66.3 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm system, closed G#.
Mark Maximum: HOWE MODEL / MADE BY / C.G. CONN / ELKHART / IND // 288
Mark Additional: Mark on barrel, with flourishes. Mark on foot: 288.
Condition: Crutch missing.
Case: DCM ledger: "Case (bad condition)....Case has name J. L. Blair on aluminum plate."
Provenance: A. J. Blencoe, Geneva, Illinois, 7 June 1938.

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.