DCM 0073: Cher de Peloubet Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Ivory, nickel silver lip plate ferrule, silver keys and ferrules.; 66.4 cm.
Key Holes System: 8 keys, round flat flaps, low C, C# pewter plugs at foot joint over square metal plates, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: P. H. TAYLOR'S / 315 / APPROVED / C. PELOUBET / NEW-YORK
Mark Additional: Mark on upper body joint. Mark on head: P.H. TAYLOR'S / APPROVED, on lower: C. PELOUBET / NEW-YORK, on foot: C. PELOUBET / NEW-YORK / FACTORY AT / BLOOMFIELD
Condition: Head joint, both sections, cracked, barrel repaired with ivory shim. Low C key lower section block replacement (possibly by DCM).
Case: Period veneered wooden case. Handwriting on bottom of case is illegible, possibly the name of a previous owner.
Provenance: Baxter-Northup Co., Los Angeles, 13 Sept. 1917.

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.