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DCM 0386: Johann Georg Otto Flute in C

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

Drei Flötenspieler (Three Flute Players), Dayton C. Miller Collection

Drei Flötenspieler (Three Flute Players), Dayton C. Miller Collection

Flemish (artist nationality) painter and draughtsman (artist role) Recto: u. r.: (within etching, script monogram) A. P. ; verso: u. l.: (in pencil) Oppermann / Feb. 16, 1929 / 50 fcs = $10.00 ; l. l.: (in penc... More

A  Company Making Music - Public domain image related to music prformance, engraving

A Company Making Music - Public domain image related to music prforma...

Dutch (artist nationality) draughtsman, engraver, print publisher and painter (artist role) Recto: bottom center: (within image) Crispin de Pass inuent . excudit . ; bottom: (beneath image, in Latin) Concentu v... More

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

[ 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

[ Vuillaume violin : back upper right corner]

[ Vuillaume violin : back upper right corner]

472_7274_RT8 (source note) Public domain photograph of violin, string musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[ Vuillaume violin : back lower left corner]

[ Vuillaume violin : back lower left corner]

472_7272_RT8 (source note) Public domain photograph of violin, string musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Procession d'une nouvelle Mariée qui se rend chez son Mari / Plegtige Staatsi van een' Bruid, die naâr 't Huiz haares Mans gevoerd word (Procession of a newlywed who comes to the home of her husband)

Procession d'une nouvelle Mariée qui se rend chez son Mari / Plegtige ...

Dutch (artist nationality) draughtsman and engraver (artist role) Recto: top center: (banner in sky, in French) PROCESSION d’une nouvelle MARIÉE qui se rend chez son MARI ; l. l.: J. v. Schley sculp. ; bottom c... More

DCM 0273: Anonymous, North American Indian (Chippewa) Reed Pipe, Deer (or Moose) Call

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

DCM 0893: Jean Baptiste Tabard Flute in C

DCM 0893: Jean Baptiste Tabard Flute in C

Foot joint had ivory register slide. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ivory, silver keys and ferrules. Head joint partially metal-lined with tuning slide.; 61.5 cm. Key Holes System: 5 keys, flat oval flaps... More

DCM 0861: Anonymous, Central American Indian Whistle (Duct Flute)

DCM 0861: Anonymous, Central American Indian Whistle (Duct Flute)

DCM ledger: "Aztec Indian, Nahua." Instrument type: Whistle (Duct Flute) Medium: Terracotta.; 5.7 cm. Key Holes System: 0 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Parts (head and one limb) missing. Provenance... More

DCM 0474: Emil Rittershausen Flute in C

DCM 0474: Emil Rittershausen Flute in C

Head joint fully lined with a metal pipe which terminates as a tuning slide within the socket. With crutch. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Grenadilla, silver-plated keys and ferrules, metal-lined head.; 6... More

DCM 0208: Anonymous Vertical Whistle Flute

DCM 0208: Anonymous Vertical Whistle Flute

Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute Medium: Wood.; 66.1 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Six evenly spaced, unusually small fingerholes relative to most courting flutes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: F... More

DCM 0672: A. Osmanek Piccolo in D-flat

DCM 0672: A. Osmanek Piccolo in D-flat

Instrument type: Piccolo in D-flat Medium: Boxwood, brass keys and ferrules, nickel silver hinge tubes.; 29.1 cm. Key Holes System: 6 keys, modern style key cups, post and rod. Mark Maximum: · A. OSMANEK · / S... More

DCM 0530: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Whistle

DCM 0530: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Whistle

DCM ledger: "Sioux Indian." Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Wood, quill flue cover, lashed with sinew (gut).; 57.7 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 15 Dec. 1925. The D... More

Friedrich Kuhlau, 1786-1832 - Public domain scenic engraving

Friedrich Kuhlau, 1786-1832 - Public domain scenic engraving

Signed: Recto: l. r.: (in lithograph, signature of lithographer) Em Barentzen ft [fecit] / 1838; bottom edge: (in lithograph, signature of Kuhlau) Fr. Kuhlau Inscription: Recto: l. l.: (in lithograph) Em. Baren... More

Joly, dans La Belle au Bois Dormant (Joly, in Sleeping Beauty)

Joly, dans La Belle au Bois Dormant (Joly, in Sleeping Beauty)

French (artist nationality) draughtsman, engraver, lithographer, and actor (artist role) Verso: l. l.: (in pencil) C575/224 (inscription) Etching. (medium) Fine condition. Trimmed to image, except for a quarter... More

Mr. De la Flute. Joueur de plusieurs instrumens. (Monsieur De la Flute. Player of several instruments.)

Mr. De la Flute. Joueur de plusieurs instrumens. (Monsieur De la Flute...

French (artist nationality) engraver and painter (artist role) Recto: bottom center: Mr. De la Flute. / Joueur de plusiers instrumens. ; encased in mylar, glued to the mat, is a fragment, possibly removed from ... More

DCM 1026: Moritz-Max Mönnig Flute in C

DCM 1026: Moritz-Max Mönnig Flute in C

DCM ledger, Valderpoort letter to DCM, 23 July 1930: "...the only Schwedler-Reform Flute entirely made of metal. This flute was made for Mr. Schwedler by Mönnig in Leipzig as a mark of gratitude. However as Mr.... More

Musical Instruments - DCM 0659: Joseph Ebner Flageolet

Musical Instruments - DCM 0659: Joseph Ebner Flageolet

DCM ledger states that Ebner was a "dealer, not maker." This instrument has a wide ivory mouthpiece, not containing the usual round windway, but extremely flattened to appear like a (bassoon) double reed. Instr... More

DCM 1040: Anonymous Walking Stick Flute in C

DCM 1040: Anonymous Walking Stick Flute in C

Pommel threaded into head joint. Both the single key (D#) and the lateral terminating vent hole are decoratively elevated. The head and body sections have plain brass ferrules at both ends. The bottom staff sec... More

DCM 1137: Cornelius Ward Flute in C

DCM 1137: Cornelius Ward Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, silver keys and ferrules.; 66.3 cm. Key Holes System: Ward's patent system, conical bore, see DCM 572. Modern post and rod key design, with the exception of one ivory... More

Autels Trepieds et Instruments de Musique (Altars, Tripods and Musical Instruments)

Autels Trepieds et Instruments de Musique (Altars, Tripods and Musical...

after etchings by Pierre-Philippe Choffard, draughtsman and engraver, 1730-1809, based on drawings by Pierre Adrien Pâris, painter, architect, draughtsman, decorator, and engraver, 1745-1819, originally publish... More

DCM 0719: Claude Laurent Flute in C

DCM 0719: Claude Laurent Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Frosted clear glass. Cap, rose-cut (faceted) rock crystal with hemisphere of silver for backing. Silver keys and ferrules.; 62.9 cm. Key Holes System: 3 keys, including D#, ... More

Violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1700, "Ward"

Violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1700, "Ward"

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Violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1699, "Castelbarco"

Violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1699, "Castelbarco"

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Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1691, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1691, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 5989 (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, 1703, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1703, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 4227 (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, 1690, "Tuscan-Medici"

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

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Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1717, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1717, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 7569 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

La  Lutte Artistique / Quadrille (The Artistic Struggle / Quadrille)

La Lutte Artistique / Quadrille (The Artistic Struggle / Quadrille)

printed by Guillet, Paris, lithographer (artist notes) French (artist nationality) genre painter, illustrator and etcher (artist role) Recto: l. l. (signed) J Worms ; u. c.: La Lutte Artistique / Quadrille; l. ... More

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1687, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1687, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 4588 (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, 1687, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1687, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 4588 (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, 1690, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1690, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 5888 (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, 1731, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

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

Wurlitzer catalog no. 7081 (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, 1715, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1715, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 6270 (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, 1723, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1723, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 5887 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Das  Armbrustschiessen zu München 1599 (The Crossbow Archers in Munich 1599)

Das Armbrustschiessen zu München 1599 (The Crossbow Archers in Munich...

German (artist nationality) painter and engraver on copper and wood (artist role) Recto: top center: (title, in old German) Abriss dess Schüessplats auf dem Plachfelt neben dem fl. Lusthauss. ; l. r.: (oval sta... More

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1714, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1714, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 5157 (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, 1729, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

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

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

Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

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Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

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Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

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Violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1704, "Betts"

Violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1704, "Betts"

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Violoncello, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1701, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violoncello, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1701, Wurlitzer catalog of m...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 7139 (General) Information slip and negative of back included (General)

Violoncello, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1701, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violoncello, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1701, Wurlitzer catalog of m...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 7139 (General) Information slip and negative of back included (General)

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1713, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1713, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 3017 (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, 1703, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1703, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 4622 (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, 1722, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

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

Wurlitzer catalog no. 4651 (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, 1722, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

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

Wurlitzer catalog no. 5944 (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, 1722, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

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

Wurlitzer catalog no. 5944 (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, 1722, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

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

Wurlitzer catalog no. 5944 (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, 1732, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1732, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 6303 (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, 1720, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

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

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

Violin bow #3 - Violin bow by Tourte, c. 1800: Russian

Violin bow #3 - Violin bow by Tourte, c. 1800: Russian

Each photo is a composite of several photos of various parts of the bow. (General)

[ Vuillaume violin : full strung instrument, back]

[ Vuillaume violin : full strung instrument, back]

472_7401_RT8 (source note) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

DCM 0735: Anonymous Gawaq (Transverse Whistle Flute)

DCM 0735: Anonymous Gawaq (Transverse Whistle Flute)

DCM ledger: "Biskra, Algeria." Instrument type: Gawaq (Transverse Whistle Flute) Medium: Bamboo.; 29.9 cm. Key Holes System: 0/5 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: C. Van Raalte Collection, Brownsea Cas... More

DCM 1293: H. Faveryear Flute in C

DCM 1293: H. Faveryear Flute in C

Instrument may have had several corps de rechange. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Figured boxwood, ivory cork-setting mechanism and ferrules, silver keys, brass-lined head.; 67.3 cm. Key Holes System: 6 k... More

DCM 1046: William Hollings Flute in C

DCM 1046: William Hollings Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, nickel silver keys, ferrules, metal-lined head.; 64.7 cm. (as is) Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon, with pewter plugs over round metal plates for C#, C. Pin in blo... More

DCM 0518: Richard Potter Flute in C

DCM 0518: Richard Potter Flute in C

DCM cataloged this in 1925 as an instrument by Kusder, London. However, it is more likely by Richard Potter, and very faintly bears one of the stamps used by the Potter family. Currently this instrument has a t... More

Photo of DCM 1481: Potter Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Photo of DCM 1481: Potter Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, silver keys, ivory ferrules.; 46.6 cm. (as is) Key Holes System: 6 keys, foot to C, pewter plugs over metal-lined holes. Pin in block. Mark Maximum: PATENT / POTTER... More

DCM 1491: Pamela Chamberlin; glaze by Dudley Smith Ocarina

DCM 1491: Pamela Chamberlin; glaze by Dudley Smith Ocarina

Instrument type: Ocarina Medium: Clay.; 4.05 x 4.2 cm. Key Holes System: 2 holes on each side. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Pamela Chamberlin, 1979. The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Con... More

DCM 1463: Anonymous Fango-Fango (Nose Flute)

DCM 1463: Anonymous Fango-Fango (Nose Flute)

Instrument type: Fango-Fango (Nose Flute) Medium: Bamboo.; 45.5 cm. Key Holes System: 1/5 holes, one of which is treated as an embouchure hole at either end. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Source not known... More

Bernard Picart - Recorder Player's Hands, Dayton C. Miller Collection

Bernard Picart - Recorder Player's Hands, Dayton C. Miller Collection

French (artist nationality) painter, draughtsman, and engraver (artist role) Recto: l. l.: B. Picart fec. 1707. ; verso: u. l.: (in pencil) Y 3 / [Desoe?] / Arthur H. Clark / Dec. 17, 1937 / 6.00 ; l. l.: (in p... More

DCM 0841: Anonymous, English or American Walking Stick Flute in C

DCM 0841: Anonymous, English or American Walking Stick Flute in C

Instrument type: Walking Stick Flute in C Medium: Maple(?), mottled by use of acid stain. Tapered brass ferrule at bottom, ivory pommel with silver disk. Cord holes bushed with unidentified material.; No mark.... More

DCM 0303: Firth, Son & Co. Flute in B-flat

DCM 0303: Firth, Son & Co. Flute in B-flat

Band flute. Instrument type: Flute in B-flat Medium: Boxwood, brass key.; 35 cm. Key Holes System: 1 key, round flap, pin in block. Mark Maximum: FIRTH, SON & C° / N-YORK / C Mark Additional: Mark on head. Mar... More

DCM 0760: C. G. Conn Flute in A-flat (Low Pitch)

DCM 0760: C. G. Conn Flute in A-flat (Low Pitch)

DCM ledger: "This is the first flute ever made (sent out) of molded Bakelite," according to a letter from previous owner, Allen Loomis, 22 Dec. 1927, to DCM. Instrument type: Flute in A-flat (Low Pitch) Medium:... More

Richard van Orley - The  Drunken Silenus, Peter Paul Rubens

Richard van Orley - The Drunken Silenus, Peter Paul Rubens

after a painting by Peter Paul Rubens, history, genre, and landscape painter, and engraver, 1577-1640 (artist notes) Flemish (artist nationality) painter, draughtsman and etcher (artist role) Rubens, Peter Paul... More

DCM 0262: Rudall Rose Carte & Co. Flute in C

DCM 0262: Rudall Rose Carte & Co. Flute in C

Embouchure barrel engraved with leaf pattern. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Silver.; 64.2 cm. Key Holes System: DCM ledger: "The 'System of Fingering' is non-descript, it is neither Radcliff nor Carte's ... More

Francesco Bartolozzi - May - Public domain  engraving

Francesco Bartolozzi - May - Public domain engraving

after a painting by William Hamilton, history and portrait painter, 1751-1801 (artist notes) Italian (artist nationality) painter and engraver (artist role) Hamilton, William, 1751-1801 (original artist) Recto:... More

DCM 0284: Anonymous End-blown Flute

DCM 0284: Anonymous End-blown Flute

Instrument type: End-blown Flute Medium: Wood, bored and turned, simple turned decoration with red, black and green bands.; 33.7 cm. Key Holes System: 1/6 holes. Each fingerhole is recessed. Mark Maximum: No m... More

DCM 1091: R. Burghley (Burleigh) Piccolo in C

DCM 1091: R. Burghley (Burleigh) Piccolo in C

This instrument is an octave size of a group of experimental flutes of this inventor. See DCM 1092. Instrument type: Piccolo in C Medium: Mahogany, japanned wood key and ferrules.; 29.65 cm. Key Holes System: ... More

Ste Cécile (Saint Cecilia) - Public domain  engraving

Ste Cécile (Saint Cecilia) - Public domain engraving

possibly after a drawing by Jean Dubois, le jeune, painter, 1645-1694, or by his brother, Louis Dubois, le jeune, painter, 1646-1702, of a painting by Pierre Mignard I, called Mignard le Romain, portrait and hi... More

DCM 1549: Melody Flute Co. Transverse Flute in A-flat (B-flat)

DCM 1549: Melody Flute Co. Transverse Flute in A-flat (B-flat)

Instrument type: Transverse Flute in A-flat (B-flat) Medium: Nickel plate over brass.; 39.3 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Maximum: Melody Flute Co. Provenance: Walter D. Lanahan, Laurel, Maryland, 4 Ap... More

DCM 0573: Hermann Wrede Flute in C

DCM 0573: Hermann Wrede Flute in C

Brass ferrules are held in position by forming tack points using several swift blows with a hammer and a scribing tool or center punch. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, stained medium brown, brass k... More

Photo of DCM 0084: Monzani Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Photo of DCM 0084: Monzani Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, silver keys, ferrules, and lip plate ferrule.; 65.1 cm. Key Holes System: 10 keys. One of several models termed Siccama (see DCM 133). This instrument is the standard... More

DCM 0583: Thomas Prowse Flute in C

DCM 0583: Thomas Prowse Flute in C

Double reverse pressure leaf springs. Lip plate, possibly original. Silver-lined blocks and pin. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, silver and/or silver-plate cap, keys, and lavishly machine-knurled fer... More

Public Domain Images - Daphnis and Chloe

Public Domain Images - Daphnis and Chloe

after drawing by François-Pascal-Simon, Baron Gérard, history and portrait painter and lithographer, 1770-1837 (artist notes) French (artist nationality) engraver (artist role) Gérard, François-Pascal-Simon, ba... More

DCM 0130: Johann (John) Pfaff Flute in C

DCM 0130: Johann (John) Pfaff Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, ivory head, metal-lined with cocus cap, silver keys and ferrules.; 67.2 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, flat round pads, rollers on C#, C, pin in block. Mark Maximum: (... More

Musical Instruments - DCM 1005: Charles Ullmann Ocarina

Musical Instruments - DCM 1005: Charles Ullmann Ocarina

Instrument type: Ocarina Medium: Ceramic, covered outside with cream-colored fitted celluloid, plus carmel-colored celluloid tips at ends.; 16.6 cm. Key Holes System: 2/8 holes. Mark Maximum: ULLMANN-PARIS / S... More

Photo of DCM 1016: Anonymous Whistle - Public domain dedication

Photo of DCM 1016: Anonymous Whistle - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Ebony, possibly briarwood. Nickel silver ferrule in beak.; 9.5 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 2 Oct. 1930. The Dayton C. Miller colle... More

DCM 1404: Claude Laurent Flute in C

DCM 1404: Claude Laurent Flute in C

All sockets have Laurent's safety hook which engages a flange on each corresponding tenon. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Clear glass frosted, silver keys. DCM ledger: "Labradorite" cap.; 67.4 cm. Key Hol... More

Autels Trepieds et Instruments de Musique (Altars, Tripods and Musical Instruments)

Autels Trepieds et Instruments de Musique (Altars, Tripods and Musical...

after etchings by Pierre-Philippe Choffard, draughtsman and engraver, 1730-1809, based on drawings by Pierre Adrien Pâris, painter, architect, draughtsman, decorator, and engraver, 1745-1819, originally publish... More

DCM 0432: Rudall Carte & Co. Flute in C

DCM 0432: Rudall Carte & Co. Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Silver.; 63.8 cm. Key Holes System: DCM ledger: "Boehm system, Rockstro model, Rockstro F#, high E-F#, C/D shake, C-flat lever (perhaps added by other maker)." Open G#, perf... More

DCM 1119c: Johann Andreas Mollenhauer Bassoon in C

DCM 1119c: Johann Andreas Mollenhauer Bassoon in C

Instrument type: Bassoon in C Medium: Maple, brass keys, key saddles, ferrules, and lower D key guard.; 127.8 cm. Key Holes System: 13 keys, round flat flap, slightly curved as necessary. Mark Maximum: (sunbur... More

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1695, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1695, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 5695 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin by Nicolo Amati, Cremona, 1654, "Brookings"

Violin by Nicolo Amati, Cremona, 1654, "Brookings"

Public domain photograph of violin, string musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1698, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

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

Wurlitzer catalog no. 3497 (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 musical instruments

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

Wurlitzer catalog no. 3497 (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, 1690, "Tuscan-Medici"

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

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 musical instruments

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

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