DCM 0628: Noblet & Thibouville French Flageolet

Instrument type: French Flageolet
Medium: Boxwood, ivory or bone mouthpiece, brass keys and ferrules.; 32.2 cm. (without mouthpiece)
Key Holes System: 2/4 holes plus 3 keys, shallow saltspoon, post and rod.
Mark Maximum: NOBLET & / THIBOUVILLE / A IVRY-LA-BATAILLE (in oval cartouche)
Mark Additional: Mark on fipple and sponge chamber.
Condition: Mouthpiece broken off and missing. Upper and lower keys totally broken off, only hinge tube and a portion of the key remain on the post and rod unit. Middle key missing finger spatula portion.
Provenance: André Rossignol, Paris, 28 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.