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DCM 0347: Louis Drouet Flute in C

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DCM 0347: Louis Drouet Flute in C

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Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Ebony, silver keys, ivory ferrules, brass-lined head.; 67.1 cm.
Key Holes System: 6 keys, foot to low C, saltspoon, pin in block. Foot joint includes typical Drouet C#, C keys, with pad cups mounted perpendicular to the bore.
Mark Maximum: DROUET / LONDON
Mark Additional: Mark on upper body, foot.
Condition: Head joint, both sections, cracked and showing old repairs including one ivory ferrule cracked in 3 places, repaired with a silver strap and brass pins. Both ends of the barrel have additional metal ferrules, possibly clarinet parts. Low C key finger lever is bent upward nearly 1 cm.
Provenance: J. Clayton Boyes, Bushey, England, 26 June 1923.

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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1700 - 1900
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london
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