Photo of DCM 0808: Anonymous Fife - Public domain dedication

DCM ledger: "Appenzeller Landsgemeindepfeifen, Appenzell Village community fife...which is blown at the time of marching out of the Landsgemeinde." Upper end of instrument, including ferrule, drilled through both sides, possibly for carrying cord.
Instrument type: Fife
Medium: Boxwood, brass end ferrules.; 31.7 cm.
Key Holes System: 0/6 holes.
Mark Maximum: (Four 4-lobed designs)
Condition: Warped.
Provenance: Henning Oppermann, Basel, 7 Aug. 1928. Formerly in the collection of Hauptmann Schumacher, Lucerne.

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.