DCM 0824: Anonymous Walking Stick Flageolet

Bottom section terminates with long tapered brass ferrule and round-headed iron tack.
Instrument type: Walking Stick Flageolet
Medium: Maple(?), with acid stain "grained" décor, brass ferrule with iron tip. Thumbhole bushed with ivory.; 87.45 cm.
Key Holes System: 1/7 holes plus 4 apparently wooden keys, now missing. Three terminating vent holes at bottom of main section. Pin in block.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Condition: Pommel missing, original material unknown. All 4 keys missing. B-flat and G# key blocks are broken. Lower (staff) tenon broken off.
Provenance: Carolyn A. Alchin, Los Angeles, 15 Dec. 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.