DCM 0078: Heinrich Friedrich Meyer Flute in C

DCM ledger: "Flute has never been used. Ivory head was intact when received. It 'exploded' one day, with audible noise, 4 cracks!"
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Grenadilla, ivory upper head joint, nickel silver end caps.; 70 cm.
Key Holes System: 11 keys, post and rod with pins.
Mark Maximum: (crown) / H. F. MEYER / HANNOVER
Mark Additional: Mark on ivory head joint, body, and foot.
Condition: Cracks in head, upper section.
Case: Case, with decorative wood key plate and leather covers, lined with velvet and gold ribbon. Contains two wood tenon covers. Bone or plastic cup for grease cork assembly. Wood cleaning rod with feathers.
Provenance: Lomberg Bros., New York, 12 Oct. 1917.

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.