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Summary
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Ebony, ivory cap, cork-setting mechanism and ferrules, silver keys.; 60.8 cm., 61.6 cm., 62.6 cm.
Key Holes System: 4 keys, square flat flaps, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: (fleur-de-lis) / F. BOIE / GÖTTINGEN / (fleur-de-lis)
Mark Additional: Mark on head, foot. All other joints: (fleur-del-lis) / F. BOIE / (fleur-de-lis), with corps de rechange each marked with 1, 2, or 3.
Condition: Crack in lower body joint socket.
Provenance: Herbert G. Laatz, Forest Park, Illinois, 27 June 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.