DCM 1038: Benedikt Pentenrieder Flute in C

DCM ledger: "Unique keys equivalent to 8 keys with several extra touch-pieces, and cross G#. All keys flat-circle flaps in wood lugs. F#, G#, B-flat keys all have light springs which alone open the keys. For each key there is a finger lever with a strong spring which normally keeps the key closed. G# and B-flat keys each have a 'crescent' touch piece (like Gordon Model) for closing key when another hole is stopped by finger. Holes are spaced as in old system of the time.... The flute is old-style like [DCM] 1068, with Gordon's improvements!"
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, stained dark brown, ivory cap and ferrules, nickel silver keys.; 68.05 cm.
Key Holes System: 10 keys, round flat flaps, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: (rosette) / PENTENRIEDER / MÜNCHEN / (rosette)
Mark Additional: Mark on head, upper. Mark on foot: (rosette)
Condition: Warped.
Provenance: Wilhelm Rück, Nürnberg, Germany, 17 Feb. 1931

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.