DCM 1636: Michael Seyfrit Flute in C

Flute made after Stanesby, jr., DCM 1125, copy based on performance characteristics.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, brass key.; 62.4 cm.
Key Holes System: 1 key, square flap.
Mark Maximum: SEYFRIT
Mark Additional: Mark stamped vertically on upper, lower joints.
Case: Case made by Michael W. McMullen, after 18th century originals.
Provenance: Michael Seyfrit, former Curator of the Dayton C. Miller Collection, and Michael W. McMullen, Washington, D.C., 1980.

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.