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Summary
Both sockets have a decorative wide sheet metal ferrule, plus a secondary beaded ferrule which is applied with a threaded screw adjustment (tightening) mechansim to compensate for wood shrinkage.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Cocus, nickel silver ribs, silver-plated keys and posts.; 66.2 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm system, Dorus G#.
Mark Maximum: Th. Boehm / in München
Mark Additional: Engraved on silver oval plaque on head.
Condition: Small crack in foot joint socket. Low C# key finger spatula appears to have been intentionally shortened, or if broken off, arbitrarily filed to a straight edge finish.
Provenance: Percy W. Treat, Concord, California, 13 Mar. 1928. In letter from Treat to DCM, 18 Jan. 1928, he says: "I bought this flute from a music teacher in Los Angeles in the year 1881; and I do not know how long he had it." In a later letter of 6 April 1935, Treat attempts to answer DCM more fully as to the flute's origin: "I doubt if I can tell you anything definite about the teacher from whom I obtained the Th. Boehm flute. It could not have been Mr. McQuillen, because my teacher then (1881) was all of 55 to 60 years old.... I was 15 years old.... [He describes his sister's home and street location in Los Angeles and the route he took to his flute lessons by bicycle.] I can not remember where my flute teacher lived. [and in a P.S.] The only detail I can add to the description of my flute teacher already given you, is that the white beard was side whiskers, medium long, the chin alone being shaved."
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.