musical instruments

DCM 1598: Anonymous Band Flute in A-flat (B-flat)

Instrument type: Band Flute in A-flat (B-flat) Medium: Cocus(?), nickel silver key and ferrules.; 42 cm. Key Holes System: 1 key, post and rod, direct mount. Mark Maximum: (crown) / London (cursive) / IMPROVED... More

DCM 1429: Barlassina & 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 ... More

DCM 0670: Claude Laurent Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Clear glass, frosted inside with fluted exterior, mother-of-pearl cap, silver keys, ferrules.; 67.3 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, round flat flaps on flanges bolted to body ... More

Photo of DCM 0367a: Anonymous Panpipes - Public domain dedication

See DCM 366, Notes. DCM ledger: "These instruments [367a-b] play the principal melody, not in unison, but in thirds. The two lower tones are often omitted in instruments for this part. The highest tones are dif... More

Photo of DCM 1673: Anonymous Flute Swab - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute Swab Medium: Public domain photo of museum object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contain... More

Musical Instruments - DCM 1618: Anonymous Transverse Flute

Instrument type: Transverse Flute Medium: Bamboo, partially painted black and green, with painted area scratched or carved away for natural bamboo color.; 38.1 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes plus 4 vent holes... More

DCM 0118: George Winfield Haynes Flute in Low F (Alto or Bass in F)

DCM ledger: "The tube is made of Mexican silver dollars, which cost 43 cents per dollar. Head joint is seamless, made of hollow ingot, bored, turned, and drawn on special hydraulic draw-bench. Tube has the firs... More

DCM 0717: Claude Laurent Flute in C

Safety lock at head joint. DCM ledger: "Seems to be identical with Victoria and Albert specimen, dated 1815." Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Clear glass, frosted inside, fluted exterior, mother-of-pearl ca... More

DCM 0104: Wünnenberg Dual-Use Flute Head Joint

Head joint with nearly 180 degree U-bend followed by a nearly right angle bend for vertical holding (patent no. 49789). The basic curved unit terminates in a tenon which fits into either a standard metal cylind... More

DCM 0606: Noë frères Flute in C

The three body joint tenons have nickel silver strengthening ferrules both at the end and at the shoulder. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, silver keys, ivory ferrules and cork-setting mechanism. Cap ... More

DCM 0061: Boehm & Mendler Flute in D-flat

Instrument type: Flute in D-flat Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver ribs, and silver or silver-plated keys and ferrules.; 50.05 cm. Key Holes System: Boehm system, open G#, post and rod. Mark Maximum: BOEHM & M... More

DCM 1437: Henry Pourcelle, tradename for Bruno, importer in New York C...

Instrument type: Clarinet in E-flat Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver.; 41.6 cm. Key Holes System: Simple system, right hand finger rings, sometimes called Albert System. See "Meyer-Albert Systematic Misnomers... More

DCM 0179: Maino & Orsi Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ebonite, nickel silver ferrules.; 53cm. Key Holes System: Giorgi system, to low D. See DCM 112. Mark Maximum: MAINO E ORSI / MILANO (inside oval shield) / DI / PROF. R. ORSI... More

DCM 0240: Boehm & Greve Flute in C

Each tenon strengthened with silver ferrule. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, silver head joint tuning slide components and silver ferrules.; 66.3 cm. Key Holes System: 9 keys, round flat flaps, post... More

DCM 1287: William Sherman Haynes Flute

DCM ledger: "Designed for lecture demonstrations, on harmonic tones, and complex quality due to overtones.... Only tones: C, C#, D." Instrument type: Flute Medium: Silver.; 67.7 cm. Key Holes System: 2 keys, f... More

DCM 0220: Ubaldo Luvoni Piccolo in C

Unusual, including a separate foot joint. Instrument type: Piccolo in C Medium: Ebony(?), nickel silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined head and key blocks.; 31.2 cm. Key Holes System: 6 keys, round flat flaps,... More

DCM 1579: Anonymous Svirala (Vertical Whistle Flute)

Instrument type: Svirala (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Wood.; 30.9 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Spofford Whiting, New York, 5 Nov. 1954. The Dayton C. Miller collecti... More

Southwest Custer County, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Man seated holding horn with arm raised and African American playing ...

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Soloman House interior -- piano

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Thomas at piano - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Cahill [seated at a piano] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Marie Sundelius [at piano] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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John Philip Sousa, 1st, 2d, & 3d

Photo shows composer and conductor John Philip Sousa, with his son and grandson at a piano. Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Lib... More

De Luca - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Italian American baritone opera singer Giuseppe De Luca (1876-1950) seated at a piano. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Brown Bros, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows the Six Brown Brothers, a vaudeville saxophone band. One member of the band is in blackface. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the nega... More

Greta Torpadie, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows soprano opera singer Greta Hervor Lisbeth Bratt (Torpadie) (1890-1982) at a piano. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Form... More

K. Schindler & wife, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows German composer and conductor Kurt Schindler at a piano with his wife, actress wife Russian actress Vera Androuchevitch (d. 1919). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014) Title from data provide... More

Louisiana - gramophone disc, record label

Male vocal trio, with violin and oboe duet and orchestra Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Larrimore seated at piano - Public domain portrait print

Photograph probably shows actress Francine Larrimore (1898-1975). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Co... More

Girl plays to unseen audience 35,000 hear pianist give concert by wire...

Photograph shows Miss Dai Buell, sitting and playing piano in the studio of the American Radio & Research Corporation in Medford Hillside, Mass. Dai Buell plays the piano in front of broadcast equipment in a pe... More

[Alma Gluck, full-length portrait, standing by piano, facing slightly ...

Photograph shows Romanian-American opera singer Alma Gluck (1884-1938). Photo by Bain News Service. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

DCM 0968: Anonymous Csakan(y) (Flageolet)

Instrument type: Csakan(y) (Flageolet) Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver keys, ferrules.; 34.85 cm. Key Holes System: 0/7 holes plus 6 keys, modern post and rod (pins not screws). Elevated fingerhole 7 incorpo... More

DCM 0979: Johann Gottlieb Freyer Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Figured boxwood, ivory cap, cork-setting mechanism, and ferrules, silver keys.; 62.3 cm. Key Holes System: 5 keys, square flat flaps, pin in block, the 5th key being a short... More

Piano trio. Portrait of piano trio I

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Mrs. Mary McLean, Skyline Farms, Alabama

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[Portrait of King Guion, between 1938 and 1948]

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Gusle, facing right, photograph, Northern California

Photograph caption: Gusle owned, made, and played by Peter Boro. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Peter Boro performing Croatian music on the gusle and misnice on May 7 and December 20, 1939... More

A black and white photo of a man playing a guitar A black and white ph...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

Kenneth Beirn, residence at 229 E. 48th St., New York City. Living roo...

Public domain image of musical performance, piano music, keyboard instrument, pianist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wilmington, Delaware. Tower Hill School, noted country day school for ...

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[Portrait of Ray Wetzel, 1947 or 1948]

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottli... More

David Rose, MGM Records star, and noted conductor of the Red Skelton r...

Photograph showing David Rose, three-quarter-length portrait, leaning over a piano with a cigarette in his hand.

Liberace's piano and candelabra at the Liberace Museum, Las Vegas, Nev...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Dulcimer made of walnut, featuring a sound hole framed by a cross-sect...

Event: Interview with Dennis Dickens. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[ Vuillaume violin : strung scroll and pegbox, front]

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String Fever(marionette): Piano 18" X 18" Animated eyes. Hands & legs...

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Old man with violin, no. 1

This record contains unverified data from caption card. Purchase; 1934 (DLC/PP-1934:137).

Agnes Vanderburg ; Gateway ranch outside Arlee, Montana; Old-time fidd...

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Mike Hlad, instrument maker, Lyons, Illinois; Tale and Alexandra Bulin...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 0, Susan Kalcik, fieldworker; 1-20, instrument shop of Mike Hlad, 411... More

John Katsikas, santouri player: Oak Park, Illinois

Image numbers, descriptions: 1-11, John Katsikas, santouri player, 1123 W. Jackson Blvd., Oak Park, Illinois

Companion for the guitar - Public domain American sheet music

method From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1820-1860 (Microfilm M 3106) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form) In bound volumes: Copyright Depos... More

John Katsikas, santouri player, Oak Park, Illinois

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-4, Mr. and Mrs.John Katsikas, 1123 W. Jackson Blvd., Oak Park, Illi... More

Siegfried Schuh, violin maker, Chicago, Illinois; Gilda Sottile and Pa...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-9, Siegfried Shuh at home, his living room with instruments (harp, ... More

John Hemonas, bouzouki player, 4450 N. Kedzie, Chicago, Illinois

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1, 9, left to right, Peter Bartis (fieldworker), John Hemonas, Angelo... More

Greek needlework shop, Yarn and Canvas Ltd., 4650 N. Western, Chicago;...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: at the Greek needlework shop, Yarn and Canvas Ltd., 4650 N. Western A... More

[The banjo lesson] / Mary Cassatt.

Two women with banjo. Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Viola by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1690, "Tuscan-Medici"

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Viola by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1690, "Tuscan-Medici"

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Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1709, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 8182 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Sunny Side Boys, two youngsters, one of whom is on his back playing t...

Title and date devised by Library staff based on caption information and inventory lists. Photos taken during the Asheville Mountain Music Festival. Handwritten on back: "Sunny Side Boys - Trick Playing." Forms... More

[Portrait of Joe Marsala and Adele Girard, Hickory House, New York, N....

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottli... More

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1701, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 5960 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1725, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 7138 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1709, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 4621 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin by Giuseppe Guarneri, Cremona, ca. 1730, "Kreisler"

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Violin by Giuseppe Guarneri, Cremona, ca. 1730, "Kreisler"

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Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1731, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 7081 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Viola by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1727, "Cassavetti"

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Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1729, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 6311 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

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[Portrait of Stan Kenton and Buddy Childers, Richmond, Virginia, 1947 ...

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottli... More

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1722, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 7082 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1681, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 7502 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1685, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 3339 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1697, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 4289 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violoncello, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1689, Wurlitzer catalog of m...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 8299 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Voice building - 3rd series - Public domain American sheet music, 1871

From: Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 (Microfilm M 3500) Also available through the Library of Congress Web Site as facsimile page images. (additional physical form)

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1721, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 5959 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violoncello, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1697, Wurlitzer catalog of m...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 7603 (General) Information slip and negative of back included (General)

Violoncello, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1697, Wurlitzer catalog of m...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 7603 (General) Information slip and negative of back included (General)

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1704

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Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1720, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 3495 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1698, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 5232 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1698, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 5232 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1709, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog, unnumbered (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stepping stone to singing - Public domain American music sheet

DCM 0386: Johann Georg Otto Flute in C

The present steel spring appears to be a replacement and the foot joint bottom ferrule also appears to be a replacement. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, stained, ivory cap and ferrules, brass key.;... More

[ Vuillaume violin : strung scroll and pegbox, front right]

472_7337_RT8 (source note) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

DCM 0273: Anonymous, North American Indian (Chippewa) Reed Pipe, Deer ...

DCM ledger quotes letter from Frances Densmore, 11 Sept. 1922: "On a recent trip to the Chippewa County I obtained one of the whistles used by the Chippewa in calling deer and am sending it to you today. It is ... More

DCM 0426: Keith Prowse & Co. Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, nickel silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined head.; 65.65 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon, with pewter plugs over square metal plates for C#, C, pin in block.... More

DCM 0604: Jean Daniel Holtzapffel Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ebony, silver keys, ferrules.; 67.75 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, round flaps, pin in block, except low C#, C. Foot keys have conical leather plugs screwed on keys, in tubu... More

Musical Instruments - DCM 0106: Anonymous Whistle (Duct)

Instrument type: Whistle (Duct) Medium: Terracotta.; 10 cm. Key Holes System: 2 fingerholes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Left ear and left rear leg broken off and missing. Provenance: Traveling salesman,... More

DCM 0306: Boehm & Mendler Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Grenadilla, thinned, silver keys and ferrules, wood crutch.; 66.5 cm. Key Holes System: Boehm system, open G#, Schleif key. Mark Maximum: BOEHM & MENDLER / MÜNCHEN Mark Addi... More

Photo of DCM 1609: Anonymous Flute Swab - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute Swab Medium: Mahogony(?) handle, black yarn swab head.; 33.4 cm. Provenance: Source not known. The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes a... More

Musical Instruments - DCM 1619: Anonymous Transvserse Flute

Instrument type: Transvserse Flute Medium: Bamboo, partially painted black, with painted area scratched or carved away for natural bamboo color.; 25.3 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Co... More

DCM 1655: Wood & Ivy Flute in C (Part only)

Instrument type: Flute in C (Part only) Medium: Rosewood(?), with brass liner, silver ferrule.; 6.45 cm. (as is) Mark Maximum: Wood & Ivy (cursive) / LATE / Geoe Wood (cursive) / NEW COMPTON STR. / 50 / SOHO /... More

DCM 1373: Claude Laurent Flute in C

All three sockets have safety hooks. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Clear glass, frosted, fluted exterior. Silver keys and flanges.; 67.4 cm. Key Holes System: 6 keys, foot to C, round curved flaps with a... More

DCM 1518: I. Ziegler Flute in C

Lower joint socket is encircled with a decorative animal horn ring underneath a nickel silver ring. All possibly original or an early repair attempt. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ebony, ivory head, nicke... More

Photo of DCM 1506: Anonymous Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Rosewood, nickel silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined head.; 65.4 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, modern style key cups, with pewter plugs over round metal plates for C#, C. ... More