Musical Instruments - DCM 0646b: Anonymous Cuckoo Whistle

Instrument type: Cuckoo Whistle
Medium: Wood, painted red and black.; 15.5 cm.
Key Holes System: The terminating hole at the end is covered by a finger for the lower cuckoo note.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Condition: Tip of beak broken off.
Provenance: Shop, Lucerne, Switzerland, 25 Aug. 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.