DCM 1542: Firth Hall & Pond Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, stained brown, ivory cap and ferrules, brass key.; 59.15 cm.
Key Holes System: 1 key, square flap, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: FIRTH HALL & POND / FRANKLIN SQE / N-YORK
Mark Additional: Mark on upper. Mark on head, lower body, foot: FIRTH HALL & POND / N-YORK
Condition: Head joint, slight crack at socket. Upper body joint, upper tenon, shows a failed attempt at shortening the instrument, likely for a pitch change. Apparently a lower-positioned, hand-carved tenon was constructed and was broken either during or after the process, leaving the crude present tenon which is only 8.5 millimeters in length.
Provenance: W. H. Wilkinson, Kansas City, Missouri, 28 Feb. 1934.

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.