DCM 0519: Castel; Joannes Panormo Flute in C

This instrument may be a composite of 2 or more flutes based on varying wood grain patterns, and slightly dissimilar turning styles. The upper body joint bears a faint "2" and was likely the second longest corps de rechange to whichever instrument it once belonged. The key seems crude, possibly not original, it having a spring rivet (spring missing) although the foot joint has a spring attached to its track, also possibly not original.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, stained, animal horn cap, brass key.; 63.8 cm.
Key Holes System: 1 key, square flat flap.
Mark Maximum: N. / CASTEL / (lion rampant)
Mark Additional: Mark on head and lower body. Mark on upper body: 2 // IOAN / PANORMO
Condition: Head joint upper section cracked and chipped at upper end. DCM ledger notes cap missing.
Provenance: W. C. McQuillen, Los Angeles, 17 Nov. 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.