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Musical Instruments - DCM 0640: Anonymous, English Whistle

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DCM ledger: "Said by Fenton to be 'English 17th century'".

Instrument type: Whistle

Medium: 6.8 cm.

Mark Maximum: No mark.

Condition: Fipple block missing; closed at crown end with wooden plug.

Provenance: Fenton & Son, London, 17 Aug. 1926.

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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