DCM 1429: Barbassina & Billoro Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Nickel silver.; 68 cm.
Key Holes System: 15 keys, simple system (9 keys plus key plates for the 6 principal rank toneholes).
Mark Maximum: BARLASSINA / & / BILLORO / MILANO / BREVETTATO // 2421
Mark Additional: Mark on barrel.
Case: Case.
Provenance: Jeanine Dowdle, Ballston Spa, New York, 1996.

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.