DCM 0974: Theobald Boehm Flute in C

Embouchure hole large, rectangular, with recessed area for lower lip.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Cocus, nickel silver keys, finger rings, ferrules. Boxwood crutch.; 65.1 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm 1832 system, conical, open G#. Modern style key cups, post and rod. D trill, thumb key with double hole. Alternate 3rd finger RH B lever.
Mark Maximum: TH. BOEHM / A / MUNICH
Mark Additional: Mark on head.
Provenance: Sigmund Koch, Munich, 27 Aug. 1930.

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.