DCM 0087: Heinrich Friedrich Meyer Flute in C

The foot joint socket ferrule contains two key rod posts, and to prevent it moving out of position it is secured with a nickel silver arm soldered between the posts and then screwed to the body about 2 cm. down the tube.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Grenadilla, ebonite upper head, nickel silver cap, keys and ferrules.; 71.8 cm.
Key Holes System: 14 keys, including extra double vent hole lever for alternate G# RH 2nd finger. Post and rod, modern style key cups, foot joint on ribs.
Mark Maximum: (crown) / H. F. MEYER / HANNOVER / GERMANY
Mark Additional: Mark on head. Body and foot marked: (crown) / H. F. MEYER / HANNOVER. Crowns initialed with H.F.M.
Condition: Crack in barrel.
Provenance: Baxter-Northup Co., Los Angeles, 6 Mar. 1918.

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.