Musical Instruments - DCM 1488: Anonymous Flute in ?
Instrument type: Flute in ? Medium: Grenadilla, ivory upper head joint section. Nickel silver keys, ferrules, and end caps.; 70.6 cm. Key Holes System: 11 keys, modern style key cups, post and rod. Mark Maximu... More
DCM 0437: Anonymous, Maori Kooauau (End-blown Flute)
Tapered on each end, and containing (pasted to it) the following label: "Maori flute from East of North Island New Zealand." A description of this instrument is provided by Joseph Corkill(?) of Wairoa, New Zeal... More
DCM 0997: Augustin Grenser I; Jeremias Schlegel Flute in C
"Germany" stamped in English on the upper joint further confuses the identity. Possibly it pertains to the 1890 tariff mentioned in DCM 996, although that customs law does not apply to antiques. Instrument type... More
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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 0735: Anonymous Gawaq (Transverse Whistle Flute)
DCM ledger: "Biskra, Algeria." Instrument type: Gawaq (Transverse Whistle Flute) Medium: Bamboo.; 29.9 cm. Key Holes System: 0/5 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: C. Van Raalte Collection, Brownsea Cas... More
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 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
Musical Instruments - DCM 0266: Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, brass keys, black horn ferrules.; 60.15 cm. Key Holes System: 4 keys, round flat flaps, pin in block. Mark Maximum: (? illegible) / (crown) Mark Additional: Mark on... More
Photo of Surveying compass - Public domain dedication
Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl Description.
Photo of DCM 0601: Proff Flute in C - Public domain dedication
The silver key, if original, has soldered to it underneath a brass spline as part of a breakage repair. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap and ferrules, silver keys.; 61.05 cm. Key Holes Sy... More
Eversharp razor. - Alfred Whital Stern collection of Lincolniana
About 1902 I was being regularly (shaved) by an old Englishman named Brown?? About 70 years old who had the shop in the old Astor House. He had a white handled razor which always seemed to work smooth on my fac... More
The sounds of Earth - coin, public domain photograph
A gold-plated copper disc that contains sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth. Includes 115 images, a variety of natural sounds, 90-minutes of musical selections from ... More
Wide Awake Club ribbon and handwritten note.
Printed on satin. "In February, 1860. Cassius M. Clay spoke in Hartford, Connecticut. A few ardent young Republicans accompanied him as a kind of body-guard, and to save their garments from the dripping of the ... More
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
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
DCM 0461: Henry Fentum Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, nickel silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined head.; 66.3 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon, with pewter plugs for low C#, C over square plates. Mark Maximum: H ... More
James Madison : from the original picture by Chappel in the possession...
Public domain reproduction of art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
"Votes for Women" Ribbon
"Votes For Women" Gold Ribbon, similar to those worn at New York Suffrage Parade, May 6, 1911.
Mary Todd Lincoln's seed-pearl necklace and matching bracelets.
The jewelry came to the Library in 1937 as part of the gift from Lincoln's granddaughter, Mary Lincoln Isham Tiffany records indicate that President Abraham Lincoln purchased the items on April 28, 1862 in Manh... More
DCM 1429: Barlassina & Billoro Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Nickel silver.; 68 cm. Key Holes System: 15 keys, simple system (9 keys plus key plates for the 6 principal rank toneholes). Mark Maximum: BARLASSINA / & / BILLORO / MILANO ... More
Photo of DCM 0370c: Anonymous Panpipes - Public domain dedication
See DCM 366, Notes. See DCM 370a. Instrument type: Panpipes Medium: Bamboo.; 2.5 cm. x 24.5 cm. x 36.5 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Front of brace and one pipe cracked. Provenance: G. Meriggioli, Mila... More
Daniel Boone : from the original painting by Chappel in the possession...
Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The dollar bill issued by the Merchant's Bank of Trenton, November 20t...
Accompanying typed manuscript claims it is the earliest dated bill to be ornamented with the Lincoln lineaments. Handwritten note to bottom of manuscript indicates there is a bill earlier than that dates August 10, 1861.
John Adams : from a painting by Chappel in the possession of the publi...
Public domain reproduction of art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hammer and wood-working tools attributed to Thomas Lincoln
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
George Mason. nat-1726-ob-1792 : from the painting in the possession o...
Public domain photo of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The sounds of Earth - coin, public domain photograph
A gold-plated copper disc that contains sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth. Includes 115 images, a variety of natural sounds, 90-minutes of musical selections from ... More
Drinking gourd attributed to Lincoln family
Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Le cardinal Ruppe de Buffon, Chute de L'Ohio
Picryl description: Public domain image of a portrait of a cardinal, Catholic church priest, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
DCM 1634: Moritz-Max Mönnig Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver keys, tenons, and lined sockets (with inner tube).; 67.5 cm. Key Holes System: Boehm system, with Schleiff key, and patent B-flat/C trill key. Mark... More
DCM 1219: Hermann Wrede Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, stained brown, ivory cap and ferrules, silver keys.; 60.2 cm. Key Holes System: 1 key, square flap, pin in block. Mark Maximum: (unicorn head) / H · WREDE / 15 / ST... More
DCM 0507: Joannes Hyacinthus Rottenburgh Flute in C
A boxwood performance head joint with an approximated proper embouchure hole was made for the instrument by C. E. Folkers, former Curator of the Dayton C. Miller Collection. See DCM 1495. Scanned separately wit... More
Subject File: Patents--By Wright Brothers--USA--filed 10 February 1908...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of patent - related publication, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers is a collection of documents related to the Wright br... More
Wide Awake Club ribbon and handwritten note.
Printed on satin. "In February, 1860. Cassius M. Clay spoke in Hartford, Connecticut. A few ardent young Republicans accompanied him as a kind of body-guard, and to save their garments from the dripping of the ... More
DCM 0083: Anonymous Fife in A-flat
Instrument type: Fife in A-flat Medium: Nickel-plated brass tube and cap.; 41.2 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Pawn shop, Chicago, 29 Nov. 1917. The Dayton C. Miller colle... More
Musical Instruments - DCM 1561: Anonymous Transverse Flute
Instrument type: Transverse Flute Medium: Bamboo.; 37.7 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes, burned in. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Rae Korson, Washington, 7 June 1946. The Dayton C. Miller collection in t... More
DCM 1141: Wood & Ivy Flute in E-flat
DCM ledger: "Brass key probably replaces silver key." This instrument probably had no ferrules, but currently has nickel silver ferrules. At some point, each socket was cut back to form a shoulder intended to r... More
DCM 0794: Anonymous, Japanese Shinobue or Takebue (Transverse Flute)
Instrument type: Shinobue or Takebue (Transverse Flute) Medium: Bamboo, lacquered black outside, red inside, with 12 wrappings.; 42.65 cm. Key Holes System: 0/7 holes. Mark Maximum: (concentric circles with in... More
DCM 1396: The Tonette Company Toy Whistle Flute, "Bugle Boy"
Small four-note whistle, in bugle/trumpet form, composed of a black plastic body with yellow plastic bell and mouthpiece fused into position. The 4 available notes outline 4 of the standard 5 bugle call notes. ... More
DCM 1353: C. G. Conn Flute in C - Public domain portrait engraving
Head joint ebonite or similar hard rubber composition over metal tube, with engraved silver lip plate adhered to surface. Tubing silver-plated with gold-plated keys, head joint cap, and decorative ferrules. Ins... More
DCM 0697: Isaac Willis Flute in C
Pre-cross pinned. Cap of unusual rounded design. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap, metal-lined head. Silver keys and ferrules.; 65.1 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon, Nicholson hol... More
DCM 0438: Rudall Rose Carte & Co. Flute in C
DCM ledger: "Head lined, cork with metal face." Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, silver keys and ferrules.; 65.5 cm. Key Holes System: Boehm's 1832 system, conical, open G#, post and rod direct mount... More
DCM 0849: Firth Hall & Pond Flute in C
Cap with cork-setting mechanism. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, ivory cap and ferrules, barrel cover with nickel silver tube (likely not original), silver keys.; 60.1 cm. Key Holes System: 6 keys, ... More
DCM 0690d: Anonymous Vertical Whistle Flute
DCM ledger: "Spain." Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute Medium: Bamboo, stained purple.; 22.5 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Cracks. Provenance: Carleton Sprague Smith,... More
DCM 0549: Anonymous, North American Indian (Omaha) Courting Flute (Ver...
DCM ledger: "Omaha Indian." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Unidentified medium soft wood, stained green, bone mouthpiece, brass flue plate, wood flue cover, leather thong.; 6... More
DCM 1427: Abel Siccama Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, silver plate over brass keys and ferrules. Metal-lined head.; 64.25 cm. Key Holes System: 10 keys, one of several models termed Siccama, this instrument is the standa... More
DCM 0481a: Joseph Wallis Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ebonite, nickel silver keys and ferrules.; 52.7 cm. Key Holes System: Giorgi system, see DCM 112. This instrument shares the same fingering scheme as DCM 112 with the added ... More
DCM 1469: Rudall Carte & Co. Flute Head Joint
Instrument type: Flute Head Joint Medium: Cocus, silver disk in cap and ferrules.; 23 cm. Mark Maximum: (crown) / RUDALL / CARTE & CO / LONDON Condition: 2 cracks at socket. Provenance: Source not known. The ... More
DCM 1167: Anonymous, Central American Indian Whistle
DCM ledger: "Indian, Lalima, Spanish Honduras, 1924." Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Terracotta.; 12 cm. Key Holes System: 3 holes, 2 lateral and one on the bottom adjacent to a channel, possibly an airduct.... More
DCM 1661: Jul. Heinr. Zimmermann Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Grenadilla, ivory upper head joint, silver keys. Enamelled head joint cap and foot joint end.; 72.5 cm. Key Holes System: 13 keys, modern style key cups, post and rod on rib... More
DCM 0496: Rudall & Rose Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Rosewood, nickel silver keys, ferrules, and oval lip plate (incorporates half of embouchure), metal-lined head and mounts.; 66.25 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon, Ni... More
DCM 0780: William Hall & Son Flute in C
Elegantly engraved end cap and all ferrules. Portion of lip plate ferrule engraved with decorative border figure surrounding area possibly meant originally to receive inscription. Instrument type: Flute in C Me... More
DCM 0085: Heinrich Friedrich Meyer Flute in D-flat
Instrument type: Flute in D-flat Medium: Grenadilla, ebonite head, nickel silver caps, keys and ferrules.; 67.7 cm. Key Holes System: 12 keys, post and rod, modern style key cups including both leaf and needle... More
DCM 0290: Anonymous Argul (Double Pipe, Single Reeds)
Chanter pipe, without reed: 19.5 cm. Instrument type: Argul (Double Pipe, Single Reeds) Medium: Cane, bound with cord.; Chanter: 43.4 cm. (w/ tubing extension which may belong to this instrument); Drone: 27.7 ... More
DCM 0380: A. Collard & Co. Piccolo in D-flat
DCM ledger: "No key for small C# hole which is covered directly by finger. Compact arrangement of hinges and clutches." Instrument type: Piccolo in D-flat Medium: Ebonite, silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined ... More
DCM 0017: Anonymous, Chinese Haidi (Double Reed Shawm)
With box of extra reeds (5) which may pertain to this instrument and/or DCM 1571. Instrument type: Haidi (Double Reed Shawm) Medium: Wood (red), brass bell and staple-pirouette.; 32 cm. Key Holes System: 1/7 h... More
Photo of DCM 1330: Anonymous Whistle - Public domain dedication
Instrument type: Whistle Medium: Unglazed earthenware, whistle with brown stain, red and green.; 9.0 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Hat broken on both sides. Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin... More
DCM 1047: Bacon & Hart Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap, cork-setting mechanism, and ferrules, silver keys.; 67.25 cm. Key Holes System: 7 keys, saltspoon, pin in block. Foot to C. Originally 6 keys, upper C ke... More
DCM 0339: William Bainbridge Combination Flute-Flageolet
Lower body marked: BAINBRIDGE / LONDON / PATENT Foot: PATENT. When received by DCM, it was "covered with thick dark brown varnish, and there were two added keys, one for high C, and one for closing the third ho... More
DCM 1345: Abelardo Albisi Flute in G ("usignuolo") (See Notes.)
According to correspondence from Meriggioli to DCM dated 13 Nov. 1937, "This flute was expressly built by Mr. Albisi for his opera, 'La Parisina' (Milan, 15 Dec. 1913). Mascagni calls this instrument a 'flauto ... More
Photo of DCM 1323: Anonymous Whistle - Public domain dedication
Instrument type: Whistle Medium: White china, with red, blue, and black markings.; 7 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: N. E. Carter, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 16 Nov. 1937. The Dayton C. Miller collection in t... More
DCM 1321: Carlo Palanca Tenor Recorder in C
See DCM 834. Instrument type: Tenor Recorder in C Medium: Boxwood, stained.; 61.1 cm. Key Holes System: 1/7 holes. Mark Maximum: CARLO / PALANCA Mark Additional: Mark on all sections. Condition: Beak slightly ... More
Photo of DCM 1088: Card Piccolo in C - Public domain dedication
Instrument type: Piccolo in C Medium: Rosewood(?), silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined head.; 30.2 cm. Key Holes System: 5 keys, modern style key cups, post and rod, plus 3 finger rings. Combination simple s... More
DCM 1443: Anonymous, Japanese Vertical Whistle Flute
Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute Medium: Bamboo.; 26.9 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Provenance: Source not known. The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 f... More
DCM 1471: Anonymous Piccolo in C or D-flat (Upper Section only)
Instrument type: Piccolo in C or D-flat (Upper Section only) Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver rings, brass-lined.; 11.2 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Source not known. The Dayton C. Miller collectio... More
DCM 0811: John Spear, North American Indian (Winnebago) Courting Flute...
The flue plate, if original, and the flue cover is the carved wood type sometimes referred to as the "saddle." DCM ledger: "Winnebago" [and] "Made by John Spear, about 97 years old. See No. 242, for new flute b... More
DCM 0769: Euler Piccolo in D-flat
The ivory head joint cylinder terminates at each end with a wide (17 mm.) nickel silver sheet metal ferrule, possibly original or added to repair crack. Instrument type: Piccolo in D-flat Medium: Cocus, with iv... More
Photo of DCM 1070: Adler Flute in C - Public domain dedication
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, brass key, animal horn ferrules.; 59.15 cm. (without cap) Key Holes System: 1 key, round flap, pin in block. Mark Maximum: (crown) / ADLER. / BAMBERG. / (Maltese cr... More
DCM 0397: William Whiteley Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, silver keys, ivory ferrules.; 61.35 cm. Key Holes System: 4 keys, saltspoon, pin in block. Mark Maximum: WM WHITELEY/ UTICA Mark Additional: Mark on head, barrel, upp... More
Photo of DCM 0219: Louis Lot Flute in C - Public domain dedication
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Silver, gold embouchure plate.; 67.65 cm. Key Holes System: Boehm system. Post and rod, roller for C. Possibly originally open G#, according to DCM ledger. Originally closed... More
DCM 0822: William Henry Potter Flute in C
Head joint barrel inner sleeve marked with incised lines (or rings, marked 4-6); head joint cap tuning screw shaft has 3 corresponding lines for resetting the cork. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ebony, iv... More
Photo of DCM 0874: J. Herold Flute in C - Public domain dedication
Original crutch bracket flange covered with a second crutch bracket which takes a crutch having a threaded brass shaft. Extra upper C#-D trill key. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory embouchure ... More
DCM 0246: Thomas Prowse Flute in C
According to DCM correspondence from Percy M. Teasdale dated 16 Feb. 1922, "It is a genuine Charles Nicholson, and that Mr. Boyes thinks was played by Nicholson himself. We have had it in the family sixty or se... More
DCM 1256: William Hollings Flute or Fife in A-flat (B-flat)
This 2-piece band flute in A-flat with slight conical bore may have been used or sold as a "Fife in B-flat." Musically not dissimilar to band flutes of more traditional 3 or 4-part construction, this instrument... More
Photo of DCM 0629: Klein Flute in C - Public domain dedication
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap, cork-setting mechanism and ferrules, silver keys.; 69.4 cm. Key Holes System: 11 keys, round flat flaps, pin in block. Mark Maximum: * / Klein. // Cölln.... More
DCM 0782: Theobald Boehm Flute in C
DCM ledger: "This flute has been altogether rebuilt as to key mechanism. Evidently was originally very like [DCM 653], with rods on both outer and inner side of body. D# low, thumb key, and two trill-key holes ... More
DCM 1454: Anonymous Vertical Whistle Flute
Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute Medium: Unidentified wood.; 30.5 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Source not known. The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of... More
DCM 1656: Anonymous Flute in C (Part only)
Instrument type: Flute in C (Part only) Medium: Ivory.; 15.4 cm (as is) Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Large, long crack. Missing silver or nickel silver ferrules at both ends. Provenance: Source not known.... More
DCM 0669: Jean Baptiste Martin French Flageolet
Instrument type: French Flageolet Medium: Ebony, bone ferrules and mouthpiece exterior.; 16.5 cm. Key Holes System: 2/4 holes. Mark Maximum: MARTIN. / (lion rampant) Mark Additional: Mark on head. Provenance: ... More
DCM 0543: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Courting Flute (Ver...
DCM ledger: "Sioux Indian." See DCM 539. Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Soft wood, likely pine, stained red inside and outside. Brass mouthpipe, possibly from a shell casing. ... More
DCM 0259: Heinrich Wild Flute in C
DCM ledger: "Slide joint screwed into head, a la Boehm 1829." Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, nickel silver keys and ferrules.; 66.45 cm. Key Holes System: 10 keys, round key cups similar to early B... More
Photo of DCM 0817: Anonymous Flute in C - Public domain dedication
In letter from G. A. Rose to DCM, 20 Sept. 1928, he states: "...they [DCM 817, 825 and 826] have been in my father's family many years...." DCM ledger states that G. A. Rose was "Referred by W. C. McQuillen (th... More
DCM 0389: Adolf Hüttl Flute in C, Left-Handed
Instrument type: Flute in C, Left-Handed Medium: Grenadilla(?), upper portion of head joint of ivory, bright nickel silver cap, keys, ferrule.; 67.95 cm. Key Holes System: 10 keys, foot to B, post and rod with... More
Musical Instruments - DCM 0482: Anonymous English Flageolet
Instrument type: English Flageolet Medium: Boxwood, metal (type?) key, bone beak.; 40.34 cm. Key Holes System: 1/7 holes, 1 key with round flat flap, pin in block. Mark Maximum: No mark. Mark Additional: Scrat... More
DCM 0529: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Courting Flute (Ver...
DCM ledger: "Sioux Indian." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Hard wood, painted or stained red, brown and yellow, brass mouthpipe, and with 5 feathers dyed various colors, attach... More
Photo of DCM 0467: Boie Flute in C - Public domain dedication
The embouchure hole has a nearly rectangular inlay, perhaps applied to correctly recut the embouchure hole. The shortest corps de rechange (no. 3) has an added silver B-flat key left thumb applied with a small ... More
DCM 0064: Anonymous, Chinese Di (Transverse Flute)
Instrument type: Di (Transverse Flute) Medium: Bamboo, stained brown, bone ferrules, with incised leaf and bird decoration painted green, white and red.; 65 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes, plus membrane hole,... More
DCM 1248: Alfred G. Badger Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Rosewood, engraved silver lip plate ferrule, and silver ferrules. Silver ring keys with raised silver-lined holes. Metal-lined head and sockets.; 67 cm. Key Holes System: Bo... More
DCM 0752: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sac and Fox) Courting Flut...
DCM ledger: "Sac and Fox." Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Body is from a steel pipe or tube, possibly a gun barrel, although it is slightly thin gauge metal for such purpose. W... More
DCM 0198: Anonymous Flute d'amore in A
From his source, Meriggioli, DCM understood this to be one of 3 flutes d'amore in G, built for the first performance of Aida, but found less satisfactory than "ordinary" flutes [in C?]. However, this flute d'am... More
DCM 0440: Rudall & Rose Flute in C
Each of 3 sockets terminates with a brown animal horn ferrule above the silver ferrule. Barrel joint unusually short externally speaking, most of its length being an unequally long tenon (3.5 cm.). Instrument t... More
DCM 0689b: Anonymous Vertical Whistle Flute
DCM ledger: "Spain." Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute Medium: Bamboo, stained reddish purple, see DCM 689a.; 21.3 cm. Key Holes System: 0/4 holes plus 1 rectangular hole at the bottom, likely a vent hol... More
Photo of DCM 0498: Wünnberg Flute in C - Public domain dedication
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined head.; 69 cm. Key Holes System: 9 keys, round saltspoon, foot to B. Rollers for low C#, C. Mark Maximum: WÜNNENBERG ... More
DCM 1503: Alfred G. Badger Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined head.; 66.9 cm. Key Holes System: Boehm system, conical, nearly 1832 system, with Dorus G#. Pewter plugs over square metal plate... More
DCM 1532: William Hall & Son Flute in C
Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Rosewood(?), nickel silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined head.; 66.5 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, modern keys cups, with pewter plugs over round metal plates for low C#, C... More
DCM 0594: Bilton Flute in A or A-flat
Instrument type: Flute in A or A-flat Medium: Boxwood, brass keys, ivory ferrules.; 87.1 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, square flat flaps, pin in block. Pewter plug seats for low C#, C (A#, A). Mark Maximum: BI... More
DCM 0866: Anonymous, Central American Indian Whistle (Duct Flute)
DCM ledger: "Totonac Indian, from Panuco, Vera Cruz." Instrument type: Whistle (Duct Flute) Medium: Terracotta.; 7.1 cm. Key Holes System: 1/1 holes. One fingerhole on the top, large terminating hole at far en... More
DCM 1078: John Brendling Flute in C
Inexpensive-grade instrument of the period. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Unidentified hard wood, stained dark brown, brass key and ferrules.; 60.9 cm. Key Holes System: 1 key, square flat flap, pin in b... More