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DCM 1288a: Elver Joseph Fitchhorn Saxette (Vertical Whistle Flute)

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DCM 1288a: Elver Joseph Fitchhorn Saxette (Vertical Whistle Flute)

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Instrument type: Saxette (Vertical Whistle Flute)
Medium: Nickel-plated brass.; 40.1 cm.
Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Six fingerholes plus vent hole. Fingerholes applied in either unusual or incorrect locations. DCM ledger indicates holes spaced for "special 'scale' [and] Designed for young children, beginning music."
Mark Maximum: SAXETTE / PAT. / APL'D. FOR
Mark Additional: Mark on foot.
Provenance: E. J. Fitchhorn, of "Saxette Company," Delaware, Ohio, 30 June 1936.

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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delaware
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