DCM 0901: Asa Hopkins Flute in C
Summary
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Cocus, ivory cork-setting mechanism, silver keys and ferrules.; 66.3 cm.
Key Holes System: 9 keys, saltspoon, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: A HOPKINS / LITCHFIELD / CONN
Mark Additional: Mark on head, barrel, upper, lower, foot.
Condition: Head joint, both sections, cracked.
Provenance: Roy Desmond Huxley, Cleveland, Ohio, 8 Nov. 1929.
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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