DCM 0472: Johann Adolph Neddermann Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Grenadilla(?), wood cap, nickel silver keys and ferrules, key toneholes are metal-lined, ivory rollers.; 71.2 cm.
Key Holes System: 10 keys, modern style key cups, foot to B, with ivory rollers for C#, C.
Mark Maximum: NEDDERMANN / HANNOVER
Mark Additional: Mark on head.
Condition: Head joint, both sections, cracked. Ferrules missing from lower joint socket. Cracks at end of foot joint, repaired with 3 pins.
Provenance: J. Clayton Boyes, Bushey, England, 30 Apr. 1925.

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.