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DCM 0386: Johann Georg Otto Flute in C

DCM 0386: Johann Georg Otto Flute in C

The present steel spring appears to be a replacement and the foot joint bottom ferrule also appears to be a replacement. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, stained, ivory cap and ferrules, brass key.;... More

Drei Flötenspieler (Three Flute Players), Dayton C. Miller Collection

Drei Flötenspieler (Three Flute Players), Dayton C. Miller Collection

Flemish (artist nationality) painter and draughtsman (artist role) Recto: u. r.: (within etching, script monogram) A. P. ; verso: u. l.: (in pencil) Oppermann / Feb. 16, 1929 / 50 fcs = $10.00 ; l. l.: (in penc... More

A  Company Making Music - Public domain image related to music prformance, engraving

A Company Making Music - Public domain image related to music prforma...

Dutch (artist nationality) draughtsman, engraver, print publisher and painter (artist role) Recto: bottom center: (within image) Crispin de Pass inuent . excudit . ; bottom: (beneath image, in Latin) Concentu v... More

[ Vuillaume violin : back upper right corner]

[ Vuillaume violin : back upper right corner]

472_7274_RT8 (source note) Public domain photograph of violin, string musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Procession d'une nouvelle Mariée qui se rend chez son Mari / Plegtige Staatsi van een' Bruid, die naâr 't Huiz haares Mans gevoerd word (Procession of a newlywed who comes to the home of her husband)

Procession d'une nouvelle Mariée qui se rend chez son Mari / Plegtige ...

Dutch (artist nationality) draughtsman and engraver (artist role) Recto: top center: (banner in sky, in French) PROCESSION d’une nouvelle MARIÉE qui se rend chez son MARI ; l. l.: J. v. Schley sculp. ; bottom c... More

DCM 0604: Jean Daniel Holtzapffel Flute in C

DCM 0604: Jean Daniel Holtzapffel Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ebony, silver keys, ferrules.; 67.75 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, round flaps, pin in block, except low C#, C. Foot keys have conical leather plugs screwed on keys, in tubu... More

Musical Instruments - DCM 0106: Anonymous Whistle (Duct)

Musical Instruments - DCM 0106: Anonymous Whistle (Duct)

Instrument type: Whistle (Duct) Medium: Terracotta.; 10 cm. Key Holes System: 2 fingerholes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Left ear and left rear leg broken off and missing. Provenance: Traveling salesman,... More

Photo of DCM 1609: Anonymous Flute Swab - Public domain dedication

Photo of DCM 1609: Anonymous Flute Swab - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute Swab Medium: Mahogony(?) handle, black yarn swab head.; 33.4 cm. Provenance: Source not known. The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes a... More

Musical Instruments - DCM 1619: Anonymous Transvserse Flute

Musical Instruments - DCM 1619: Anonymous Transvserse Flute

Instrument type: Transvserse Flute Medium: Bamboo, partially painted black, with painted area scratched or carved away for natural bamboo color.; 25.3 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Co... More

DCM 0861: Anonymous, Central American Indian Whistle (Duct Flute)

DCM 0861: Anonymous, Central American Indian Whistle (Duct Flute)

DCM ledger: "Aztec Indian, Nahua." Instrument type: Whistle (Duct Flute) Medium: Terracotta.; 5.7 cm. Key Holes System: 0 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Parts (head and one limb) missing. Provenance... More

DCM 0208: Anonymous Vertical Whistle Flute

DCM 0208: Anonymous Vertical Whistle Flute

Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute Medium: Wood.; 66.1 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Six evenly spaced, unusually small fingerholes relative to most courting flutes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: F... More

Friedrich Kuhlau, 1786-1832 - Public domain scenic engraving

Friedrich Kuhlau, 1786-1832 - Public domain scenic engraving

Signed: Recto: l. r.: (in lithograph, signature of lithographer) Em Barentzen ft [fecit] / 1838; bottom edge: (in lithograph, signature of Kuhlau) Fr. Kuhlau Inscription: Recto: l. l.: (in lithograph) Em. Baren... More

Joly, dans La Belle au Bois Dormant (Joly, in Sleeping Beauty)

Joly, dans La Belle au Bois Dormant (Joly, in Sleeping Beauty)

French (artist nationality) draughtsman, engraver, lithographer, and actor (artist role) Verso: l. l.: (in pencil) C575/224 (inscription) Etching. (medium) Fine condition. Trimmed to image, except for a quarter... More

DCM 1026: Moritz-Max Mönnig Flute in C

DCM 1026: Moritz-Max Mönnig Flute in C

DCM ledger, Valderpoort letter to DCM, 23 July 1930: "...the only Schwedler-Reform Flute entirely made of metal. This flute was made for Mr. Schwedler by Mönnig in Leipzig as a mark of gratitude. However as Mr.... More

Musical Instruments - DCM 0659: Joseph Ebner Flageolet

Musical Instruments - DCM 0659: Joseph Ebner Flageolet

DCM ledger states that Ebner was a "dealer, not maker." This instrument has a wide ivory mouthpiece, not containing the usual round windway, but extremely flattened to appear like a (bassoon) double reed. Instr... More

DCM 1137: Cornelius Ward Flute in C

DCM 1137: Cornelius Ward Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, silver keys and ferrules.; 66.3 cm. Key Holes System: Ward's patent system, conical bore, see DCM 572. Modern post and rod key design, with the exception of one ivory... More

DCM 0719: Claude Laurent Flute in C

DCM 0719: Claude Laurent Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Frosted clear glass. Cap, rose-cut (faceted) rock crystal with hemisphere of silver for backing. Silver keys and ferrules.; 62.9 cm. Key Holes System: 3 keys, including D#, ... More

Violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1699, "Castelbarco"

Violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1699, "Castelbarco"

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Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1691, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1691, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 5989 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1703, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1703, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 4227 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Viola by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1690, "Tuscan-Medici"

Viola by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1690, "Tuscan-Medici"

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Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1731, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1731, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 7081 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Das  Armbrustschiessen zu München 1599 (The Crossbow Archers in Munich 1599)

Das Armbrustschiessen zu München 1599 (The Crossbow Archers in Munich...

German (artist nationality) painter and engraver on copper and wood (artist role) Recto: top center: (title, in old German) Abriss dess Schüessplats auf dem Plachfelt neben dem fl. Lusthauss. ; l. r.: (oval sta... More

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1729, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1729, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 6311 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

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Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

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Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

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Violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1704, "Betts"

Violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1704, "Betts"

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Violoncello, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1701, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violoncello, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1701, Wurlitzer catalog of m...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 7139 (General) Information slip and negative of back included (General)

Violoncello, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1701, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violoncello, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1701, Wurlitzer catalog of m...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 7139 (General) Information slip and negative of back included (General)

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1703, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1703, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 4622 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1722, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1722, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 4651 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1720, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1720, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 3495 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin bow #3 - Violin bow by Tourte, c. 1800: Russian

Violin bow #3 - Violin bow by Tourte, c. 1800: Russian

Each photo is a composite of several photos of various parts of the bow. (General)

Musical Instruments - [ Vuillaume violin : left f-hole]

Musical Instruments - [ Vuillaume violin : left f-hole]

472_7308_RT8 (source note) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

La  Flûte lui tint lieu de Lyre chez Admète (The Flute took the place of the Lyre at the home of Admetus)

La Flûte lui tint lieu de Lyre chez Admète (The Flute took the place ...

after Hubert François Bourguignon d'Anville, called Gravelot, painter, draughtsman, engraver, 1699-1773 (artist notes) French (artist nationality) engraver (artist role) Gravelot, Hubert François Bourguignon d'... More

DCM 0587: Clementi & Co. Flute in C

DCM 0587: Clementi & Co. Flute in C

This instrument is unusual and may have received several alterations, reasons for which are not clear. According to DCM: "All fingerholes are bushed, as though the large Nicholson holes have been reduced." Howe... More

DCM 1451: Anonymous Vertical Whistle Flute

DCM 1451: Anonymous Vertical Whistle Flute

Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute Medium: Bamboo.; 26.6 cm. Key Holes System: 1/7 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Source not known. The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, ... More

Musical Instruments - DCM 0525: Anonymous Mystery Tube

Musical Instruments - DCM 0525: Anonymous Mystery Tube

DCM purchased this object from his major source of Native American instruments, however, this may not be an instrument at all. DCM ledger: "Flute? Thin-walled bamboo, closed at top and bottom by natural septum.... More

Photo of DCM 0605: Triebert Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Photo of DCM 0605: Triebert Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Head joint rosewood cap a replacement, possibly DCM, who reported it missing when acquired. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Rosewood(?), silver keys and ferrules. Head joint partly metal-lined, including tu... More

DCM 0418: Michael Duval Flute in C

DCM 0418: Michael Duval Flute in C

The foot joint key is unique, having a plug pad similar to the English style pewter plug but instead made of leather, and secured with a screw. Instead of being applied between wood lugs with a pin, this has on... More

DCM 0563: J. A. & W. Geib Flute in C

DCM 0563: J. A. & W. Geib Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, silver key, ivory end cap (possibly bone) and ferrules.; 60.3 cm. Key Holes System: 1 key, square flat flap, pin in block. Mark Maximum: J · A · W · GEIB / 23 / MAI... More

Musical Instruments - DCM 1616: Anonymous Transverse Flute

Musical Instruments - DCM 1616: Anonymous Transverse Flute

Instrument type: Transverse Flute Medium: Bamboo, partially painted black and red, with painted area scratched or carved away for natural bamboo color.; 35.5 cm. Key Holes System: 0/5 holes plus 4 vent holes a... More

Correct Position for the Fingers, Dayton C. Miller Collection

Correct Position for the Fingers, Dayton C. Miller Collection

Unknown (artist nationality) Color relief halftone. (medium) Good condition. (condition) Collier's, 28 June 1924. (provenance) Flute (instrument) 20th century (century) Greeting Cards and Magazine Covers (mille... More

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1695, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1695, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 5695 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin by Nicolo Amati, Cremona, 1654, "Brookings"

Violin by Nicolo Amati, Cremona, 1654, "Brookings"

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Violin by Nicolo Amati, Cremona, 1654, "Brookings"

Violin by Nicolo Amati, Cremona, 1654, "Brookings"

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Violin by Nicolo Amati, Cremona, 1654, "Brookings"

Violin by Nicolo Amati, Cremona, 1654, "Brookings"

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Viola by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1690, "Tuscan-Medici"

Viola by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1690, "Tuscan-Medici"

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Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1709, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1709, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 8182 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[ Soldier playing flute, recto; fisherman, verso]

[ Soldier playing flute, recto; fisherman, verso]

German (artist nationality) history and battle painter (artist role) Recto: (in blue pencil, erased?) l. r. 1796; verso: (in pencil) u. l.: Henning Oppermann / Nov. 1928 / $28.00; l. c.: Jac. Matth. [?]; l. l.:... More

Guitar, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1700, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Guitar, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1700, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 7337 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1723, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1723, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 6085 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

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Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

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Violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1704, "Betts"

Violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1704, "Betts"

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Violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1704, "Betts"

Violin by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1704, "Betts"

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Violoncello, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1701, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violoncello, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1701, Wurlitzer catalog of m...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 7139 (General) Information slip and negative of back included (General)

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1697, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1697, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 4289 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violoncello, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1711, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violoncello, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1711, Wurlitzer catalog of m...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 5965 (General) Information slip included (General)

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1720, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1720, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 5021 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1720, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1720, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 3495 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

DCM 0859: Johann Christian Blume Flute in C

DCM 0859: Johann Christian Blume Flute in C

DCM's Australian source for this composite flute knew it to have been in that form for a long period. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Head: cocus or rosewood, ivory cap, cork-setting mechanism and ferrules,... More

DCM 0823: Thibouville frères Flute in C

DCM 0823: Thibouville frères Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus or grenadilla, silver keys, ferrules, socket liners.; 61.4cm. Key Holes System: 4 keys, post and rod on inset oval flanges, modern style key cups. Mark Maximum: (5-poi... More

DCM 0488: Theodore Berteling Piccolo in D-flat

DCM 0488: Theodore Berteling Piccolo in D-flat

Instrument type: Piccolo in D-flat Medium: Grenadilla, silver ferrules, metal-lined head.; 29.3 cm. Key Holes System: Boehm system, closed G#, D-natural trill. DCM ledger: "Keys have been altered. Keys of uniq... More

DCM 1647: Fentum Flute in C (Part only)

DCM 1647: Fentum Flute in C (Part only)

Instrument type: Flute in C (Part only) Medium: Cocus(?).; 20.2 cm. (as is) Key Holes System: Likely from an 8-keyed flute, pin in block, key style unknown. Mark Maximum: [?] FENTUM / LONDON Condition: Missing... More

Photo of DCM 1325: Anonymous Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Photo of DCM 1325: Anonymous Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap and ferrules, silver key.; 63.1 cm. Key Holes System: 1 key, square (trapezoid)-like flap. The finger spatula is highly ornate, taking the form of a pinea... More

DCM 0332: Anonymous Vertical Whistle Flute

DCM 0332: Anonymous Vertical Whistle Flute

Trade name, if any, unknown. Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute Medium: White porcelain, painted black and gilt under glaze.; 31.05 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes, cylindrical bore. Mark Maximum: No mark... More

Photo of DCM 1006: Ercole Roda Ocarina - Public domain dedication

Photo of DCM 1006: Ercole Roda Ocarina - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Ocarina Medium: Clay, painted with black enamel, and orange enamel inside fingerholes. Maker's mark with bronze powder paint. Tuning bar is nickel plate.; 16.9 cm. Key Holes System: 2/8 holes.... More

DCM 0915: William Sherman Haynes Flute in C, Left-Handed

DCM 0915: William Sherman Haynes Flute in C, Left-Handed

In addition to the standard crutch (for the RH in this case), the instrument also has an added crutch mount for the other hand. Instrument type: Flute in C, Left-Handed Medium: Grenadilla, gold-plated silver ke... More

DCM 1119c: Johann Andreas Mollenhauer Bassoon in C

DCM 1119c: Johann Andreas Mollenhauer Bassoon in C

Instrument type: Bassoon in C Medium: Maple, brass keys, key saddles, ferrules, and lower D key guard.; 127.8 cm. Key Holes System: 13 keys, round flat flap, slightly curved as necessary. Mark Maximum: (sunbur... More

DCM 1240: Bassano Tenor Recorder in C

DCM 1240: Bassano Tenor Recorder in C

For further information on the mark, see Langwill, and Maggie Lyndon-Jones, "A Checklist of Woodwind Instruments marked !!" in Galpin Society Journal, April 1999, p. 243. The instrument is unusual in that the l... More

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1691, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1691, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 5989 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin by Nicolo Amati, Cremona, 1654, "Brookings"

Violin by Nicolo Amati, Cremona, 1654, "Brookings"

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Viola by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1690, "Tuscan-Medici"

Viola by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1690, "Tuscan-Medici"

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Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1682, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1682, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 8366 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1700, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1700, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 7987 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1700, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1700, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 7987 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string musical instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

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Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

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Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

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Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

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Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

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Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

Violin by Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, Paris, ca. 1871

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Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1697, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violin, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1697, Wurlitzer catalog of musica...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 4289 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Violoncello, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1690, Wurlitzer catalog of musical instruments

Violoncello, Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1690, Wurlitzer catalog of m...

Wurlitzer catalog no. 7074 (General) Information slip included (General) Public domain photograph of violin, string instrument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

DCM 1293: H. Faveryear Flute in C

DCM 1293: H. Faveryear Flute in C

Instrument may have had several corps de rechange. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Figured boxwood, ivory cork-setting mechanism and ferrules, silver keys, brass-lined head.; 67.3 cm. Key Holes System: 6 k... More

DCM 1046: William Hollings Flute in C

DCM 1046: William Hollings Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, nickel silver keys, ferrules, metal-lined head.; 64.7 cm. (as is) Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon, with pewter plugs over round metal plates for C#, C. Pin in blo... More

DCM 0841: Anonymous, English or American Walking Stick Flute in C

DCM 0841: Anonymous, English or American Walking Stick Flute in C

Instrument type: Walking Stick Flute in C Medium: Maple(?), mottled by use of acid stain. Tapered brass ferrule at bottom, ivory pommel with silver disk. Cord holes bushed with unidentified material.; No mark.... More

DCM 0303: Firth, Son & Co. Flute in B-flat

DCM 0303: Firth, Son & Co. Flute in B-flat

Band flute. Instrument type: Flute in B-flat Medium: Boxwood, brass key.; 35 cm. Key Holes System: 1 key, round flap, pin in block. Mark Maximum: FIRTH, SON & C° / N-YORK / C Mark Additional: Mark on head. Mar... More

DCM 0760: C. G. Conn Flute in A-flat (Low Pitch)

DCM 0760: C. G. Conn Flute in A-flat (Low Pitch)

DCM ledger: "This is the first flute ever made (sent out) of molded Bakelite," according to a letter from previous owner, Allen Loomis, 22 Dec. 1927, to DCM. Instrument type: Flute in A-flat (Low Pitch) Medium:... More

Francesco Bartolozzi - May - Public domain  engraving

Francesco Bartolozzi - May - Public domain engraving

after a painting by William Hamilton, history and portrait painter, 1751-1801 (artist notes) Italian (artist nationality) painter and engraver (artist role) Hamilton, William, 1751-1801 (original artist) Recto:... More

DCM 0284: Anonymous End-blown Flute

DCM 0284: Anonymous End-blown Flute

Instrument type: End-blown Flute Medium: Wood, bored and turned, simple turned decoration with red, black and green bands.; 33.7 cm. Key Holes System: 1/6 holes. Each fingerhole is recessed. Mark Maximum: No m... More

DCM 1091: R. Burghley (Burleigh) Piccolo in C

DCM 1091: R. Burghley (Burleigh) Piccolo in C

This instrument is an octave size of a group of experimental flutes of this inventor. See DCM 1092. Instrument type: Piccolo in C Medium: Mahogany, japanned wood key and ferrules.; 29.65 cm. Key Holes System: ... More

Ste Cécile (Saint Cecilia) - Public domain  engraving

Ste Cécile (Saint Cecilia) - Public domain engraving

possibly after a drawing by Jean Dubois, le jeune, painter, 1645-1694, or by his brother, Louis Dubois, le jeune, painter, 1646-1702, of a painting by Pierre Mignard I, called Mignard le Romain, portrait and hi... More

DCM 0518: Richard Potter Flute in C

DCM 0518: Richard Potter Flute in C

DCM cataloged this in 1925 as an instrument by Kusder, London. However, it is more likely by Richard Potter, and very faintly bears one of the stamps used by the Potter family. Currently this instrument has a t... More

Photo of DCM 1481: Potter Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Photo of DCM 1481: Potter Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, silver keys, ivory ferrules.; 46.6 cm. (as is) Key Holes System: 6 keys, foot to C, pewter plugs over metal-lined holes. Pin in block. Mark Maximum: PATENT / POTTER... More

DCM 1463: Anonymous Fango-Fango (Nose Flute)

DCM 1463: Anonymous Fango-Fango (Nose Flute)

Instrument type: Fango-Fango (Nose Flute) Medium: Bamboo.; 45.5 cm. Key Holes System: 1/5 holes, one of which is treated as an embouchure hole at either end. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Source not known... More

DCM 1491: Pamela Chamberlin; glaze by Dudley Smith Ocarina

DCM 1491: Pamela Chamberlin; glaze by Dudley Smith Ocarina

Instrument type: Ocarina Medium: Clay.; 4.05 x 4.2 cm. Key Holes System: 2 holes on each side. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Pamela Chamberlin, 1979. The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Con... More

Musical Instruments - DCM 1005: Charles Ullmann Ocarina

Musical Instruments - DCM 1005: Charles Ullmann Ocarina

Instrument type: Ocarina Medium: Ceramic, covered outside with cream-colored fitted celluloid, plus carmel-colored celluloid tips at ends.; 16.6 cm. Key Holes System: 2/8 holes. Mark Maximum: ULLMANN-PARIS / S... More

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