DCM 1644: Harry Bettoney Fife in B-flat

This may have been marketed or sold as a fife in C. See "Fife vs. Band Flute."
Instrument type: Fife in B-flat
Medium: Brass with dull nickel plate. Ebonite mouthpiece.; 37 cm.
Key Holes System: 0/6 holes.
Mark Maximum: H. BETTONEY / BOSTON
Provenance: Source not known.

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.