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Photo of DCM 0401: Boie Flute in C - Public domain dedication

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Photo of DCM 0401: Boie Flute in C - Public domain dedication

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Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Ebony(?), ivory end cap and ferrules, silver keys.; 62.7 cm.
Key Holes System: 4 keys, square flat flaps, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: (fleur-de-lis) / F · BOIE / GÖTTINGEN / (fleur-de-lis)
Mark Additional: Mark on foot. Mark on upper and lower sections: (fleur-de-lis) / F · BOIE / (fleur-de-lis)
Condition: Crack in head joint socket. F key block mostly missing, as is the key.
Provenance: D. A. McDonald, Chicago, 13 Mar. 1924.

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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göttingen
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