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
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[ Vuillaume violin : strung scroll and pegbox, front right]
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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
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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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...
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
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"
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Violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1699, "Castelbarco"
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Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1703, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...
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Viola by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1690, "Tuscan-Medici"
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Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1717, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...
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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 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, 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 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 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 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
Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1729, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...
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Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871
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Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871
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Violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1704, "Betts"
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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 m...
Wurlitzer catalog no. 7139 (General) Information slip and negative of back included (General)
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, 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 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 musica...
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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
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
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
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...
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Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1701, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...
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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...
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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
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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Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1722, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...
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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...
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Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1697, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...
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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
Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1721, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...
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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, 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...
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Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1698, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...
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Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1709, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...
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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
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
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 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
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
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)
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
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
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
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 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