Photo of DCM 0110: Louis Lot Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Grenadilla, silver plated keys, rods, ferrules. Nickel silver lined sockets and nickel silver upper body tenon.; 66.1 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm system, cylindrical, open hole. Foot to C, with roller, closed G#.
Mark Maximum: L.L. LOUIS-LOT / PARIS / 3405 / BREVETÉ
Mark Additional: Mark on body. Head and foot marked: L.L. / LOUIS-LOT / PARIS
Condition: Head joint cracks at socket. Appears to have had crutch, possibly not original, later removed, screw holes plugged.
Case: Case, with cork grease container.
Provenance: George W. Haynes, New York, 17 Mar. 1919.

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.