Photo of DCM 0601: Proff Flute in C - Public domain dedication

The silver key, if original, has soldered to it underneath a brass spline as part of a breakage repair.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap and ferrules, silver keys.; 61.05 cm.
Key Holes System: 1 key, square flap.
Mark Maximum: (5-pointed star) / PROFF / A TOURS / (8-pointed star)
Mark Additional: Mark on head, lower, foot. Mark on upper: (5-pointed star) / PROFF / A TOURS / 1
Condition: Spring broken.
Provenance: Pierre Schneider, Paris, 15 July 1926

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.