DCM 0161: Boehm & Mendler Flute in C

With ivory crutch.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Silver, gold embouchure plate, ferrules, and finger plates on all keys.; 67.4 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm system, foot to B, Schleif key, rollers for C, B. Flute with interchangeable keys for closed (Dorus) or open G#.
Mark Maximum: Th: Boehm & Mendler / in / München.
Mark Additional: Mark engraved on barrel.
Condition: New G# key made by DCM.
Provenance: A. Gastman, Chicago, 5 Mar. 1921. Made for General Daniel Macauley, former mayor of Indianapolis.

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.