DCM 0352: Clementi & Co. Flute in C
Summary
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Cocus, nickel silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined head, nickel silver band near embouchure.; 66.55 cm.
Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon, pewter plugs over rectangular metal plates for C# and C, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: CLEMENTI / LONDON
Mark Additional: Mark on head, barrel, body sections, foot.
Condition: Two wood chips missing from head joint cap. Head joint, both sections, cracked. Short F key and part of its block missing.
Provenance: J. Koenigsberg, New York, Aug. 1923.
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.
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