DCM 0782: Theobald Boehm Flute in C

DCM ledger: "This flute has been altogether rebuilt as to key mechanism. Evidently was originally very like [DCM 653], with rods on both outer and inner side of body. D# low, thumb key, and two trill-key holes have been moved. Key-cups for G# and A keys are the only original ones left. Briccialdi thumb keys are new.... Cap is new."
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Silver, gold embouchure plate, wood crutch.; 64.05 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm system, open G#.
Mark Maximum: Th: Boehm / in / München / 57.
Mark Additional: Mark on barrel.
Case: DCM ledger: "Case, square, original red lining, new black leather on outside."
Provenance: Rudall, Carte & Co., London, 5 May 1928.

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.