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
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
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 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 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
"Love's young dream". 19th century, Library of Congress collection
Two children at piano. Copyright by the Ullman Mfg. Co., New York.
Blackton family - Color separation negative, public domain
Photograph shows film director J. Stuart Blackton (1875-1941), his wife, actress and film director Paula Hilburn who is seated at a piano; and their two children, Violet Virginia Blackton (1910-1965) and Charle... More
Sophie Braslau - Public domain dedication image
Photo shows opera singer Sophie Braslau (1902-1935), a contralto who performed with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City, playing piano. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and Jewish Women: A Comprehensive ... More
Olive Fremstad - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows Swedish-American opera singer Anna Olivia Rundquist (stage name, Olive Fremstad) (1871-1951), seated at a piano. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)
Minuet - gramophone disc, record label
Violin solo, with piano Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Portrait of Lawrence Brown, Johnny Hodges, and Adele Girard, Turkish Embassy, Washington, D.C., 193-]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzAvMDEvMDEvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtbGF3cmVuY2UtYnJvd24tam9obm55LWhvZGdlcy1hbmQtYWRlbGUtZ2lyYXJkLXR1cmtpc2gtZW1iYXNzeS13YXNoaW5ndG9uLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "[Portrait of Lawrence Brown, Johnny Hodges, and Adele Girard, Turkish Embassy, Washington, D.C., 193-]")
[Portrait of Lawrence Brown, Johnny Hodges, and Adele Girard, Turkish ...
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
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
![[Portrait of Joe Marsala and Adele Girard, Hickory House, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDYvMDEvMDEvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2Ytam9lLW1hcnNhbGEtYW5kLWFkZWxlLWdpcmFyZC1oaWNrb3J5LWhvdXNlLW5ldy15b3JrLW55LWJldHdlZW4tMS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/41/webp "[Portrait of Joe Marsala and Adele Girard, Hickory House, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]")
[Portrait of Joe Marsala and Adele Girard, Hickory House, New York, N....
Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 226 (gottlieb assignment) 226 (assign... 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
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, 1699, "Castelbarco"
Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Five finger exercises - Public domain American sheet music, 1880
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)
Charlie Chaplin in the vagabond / Greenwich Litho. Co. N.Y.
Motion picture poster for "The Vagabond" starring Charlie Chaplin, showing him playing a fiddle for a woman washing clothes in a washtub. "Mutual Chaplin Specials." Copyright 1916 by Lone Star Corporation. Pur... More
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"
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, 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
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 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, 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
La gamme et L'etude d'arpg̈es - Public domain American sheet music
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 Deposits 1820-1860
Guide for the young pianist - Public domain American sheet music
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 Deposits 1820-1860
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 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 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 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
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)
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
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
![[Alma Gluck, full-length portrait, standing by piano, facing slightly left]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjkvYWxtYS1nbHVjay1mdWxsLWxlbmd0aC1wb3J0cmFpdC1zdGFuZGluZy1ieS1waWFuby1mYWNpbmctc2xpZ2h0bHktbGVmdC0wNTFlZDUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Alma Gluck, full-length portrait, standing by piano, facing slightly left]")
[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 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
String Fever(marionette): Piano 18" X 18" Animated eyes. Hands & legs...
Public domain image of musical performance, piano music, keyboard instrument, pianist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Viola by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1690, "Tuscan-Medici"
Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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 the fiddle, with an older man playing guitar. Bascom Lamar Lunsford is probably the man to the right of the picture holding a microphone above the fiddler]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDIvc3Vubnktc2lkZS1ib3lzLXR3by15b3VuZ3N0ZXJzLW9uZS1vZi13aG9tLWlzLW9uLWhpcy1iYWNrLXBsYXlpbmctdGhlLWZpZGRsZS1iMTA4NzMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Sunny Side Boys, two youngsters, one of whom is on his back playing the fiddle, with an older man playing guitar. Bascom Lamar Lunsford is probably the man to the right of the picture holding a microphone above the fiddler]")
[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.Y., between 1946 and 1948]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDYvMDEvMDEvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2Ytam9lLW1hcnNhbGEtYW5kLWFkZWxlLWdpcmFyZC1oaWNrb3J5LWhvdXNlLW5ldy15b3JrLW55LWJldHdlZW4tMy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/39/webp "[Portrait of Joe Marsala and Adele Girard, Hickory House, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]")
[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, 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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![[Portrait of Stan Kenton and Buddy Childers, Richmond, Virginia, 1947 or 1948]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NDcvMDEvMDEvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2Ytc3Rhbi1rZW50b24tYW5kLWJ1ZGR5LWNoaWxkZXJzLXJpY2htb25kLXZhLTE5NDctb3ItMTk0OC01LTEwMjQuanBn/40/27/webp "[Portrait of Stan Kenton and Buddy Childers, Richmond, Virginia, 1947 or 1948]")
[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, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Winner's improved method for the violin
Music cover showing four black people--couple dancing in front of fireplace, man playing violin, and man standing in doorway.
Sophie Braslau - Public domain dedication image
Photo shows opera singer Sophie Braslau (1902-1935), a contralto who performed with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City, at a piano. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and Jewish Women: A Comprehensive His... More
Take this little rosebud - gramophone disc, record label
Tenor vocal solo, with violin and orchestra Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
Staccato tonguing as applied to valve instruments
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, 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"
Public domain photograph of violin, string musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Charlie Chaplin in the vagabond / Greenwich Litho. Co. N.Y.
Motion picture poster for "The Vagabond" starring Charlie Chaplin, showing him playing a fiddle for a woman washing clothes in a washtub. "Mutual Chaplin Specials." Copyright 1916 by Lone Star Corporation. Pur... More
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 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"
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 no. 8182 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
S. S. Stewart's second lessons for the banjo
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)