DCM 0146: Griesling & Schlott Flute in C

The low C#, C keys incorporate perpendicular motion between finger lever and pad cup lever. The head joint has ivory ferrules at both ends, but where the partial metal lining forms the tuning slide and barrel construction, both elements are faced with brass ferrules which each incorporate 3 brass pins.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, wood cap, ivory cork-setting mechanism, brass keys, ivory and brass ferrules.; 66.4 cm.
Key Holes System: 8 keys, to low C, saltspoon, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: (crowned Prussian eagle) / GRIESLING / & SCHLOTT
Mark Additional: Mark on head, upper, and lower joints. Foot marked: (crowned Prussian eagle) / BERLIN
Condition: Head joint, both sections, cracked and showing old repairs. G# key block a replacement. Lower body joint cracked at socket.
Provenance: Pawn shop, San Francisco, 16 Aug. 1920.

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.