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Photo of DCM 0186: Anonymous Flute in C - Public domain dedication

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Photo of DCM 0186: Anonymous Flute in C - Public domain dedication

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Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Cocus, nickel silver keys, ferrules, and wide lip plate ferrule (5.65 cm.).; 71.3 cm.
Key Holes System: 13 keys, modern style key cups, foot to B, post and rod.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Condition: Prior repairs including cross-pinning low C, C#, alternate G# and high D trill keys and finger spatula for long F key. Wide sheet metal ferrules at socket end foot and lower joints, possibly original.
Provenance: Pierce's Old Book and Curio Shop, Berkeley, California, Aug. 1920.

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.

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