DCM 0177: Theobald Boehm Flute in C

See DCM 771 and 875 regarding adjusting screws.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Grenadilla, silver keys and ferrules.; 65.4 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm system, open G#.
Mark Maximum: TB (monogram)
Mark Additional: Monogram in silver on a blue enamel background on a circular plate with a silver edge. Inlaid in upper end of upper joint.
Condition: Upper socket cracked, filled, repaired with one nickel silver cross pin. Lower socket cracked to D# hole, repaired with cross-pin (invisible?) and with stick shellac filler.
Provenance: H. H. Honeyman, Detroit, Michigan, 12 May 1921.

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.