DCM 1349: Walter Crosby Fife in A-flat (B-flat)

In addition to the expected tapered end ferrules, there are 6 more silver ferrules, approximately 5.5 millimeters wide, which were applied to prevent or reduce cracking and they are also positioned in a manner helping to define tonehole placement.
Instrument type: Fife in A-flat (B-flat)
Medium: Rosewood(?), silver end ferrules.; 44.15 cm.
Key Holes System: 0/6 holes.
Mark Maximum: W. CROSBY / BOSTON
Mark Additional: Henry Donnelly / Fife Major / 69th Regt // New York St / V.V. / Irish Brigade (cursive, engraved on upper and lower ferrules)
Provenance: Florence M. Prest, Detroit, Michigan, 7 Mar. 1938.

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.