Photo of DCM 1039: S. Koch Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Cocus, silver keys, ferrules. Lower joint blocks lined with silver.; 70.15 cm.
Key Holes System: 10 keys, round flaps, foot to B.
Mark Maximum: S. KOCH / WIEN
Mark Additional: Mark on foot. Mark on barrel: S. KOCH // H. YOUNG / 1835. Marks on inset silver plates.
Condition: Head joint, both sections, cracked.
Provenance: John T. Shiel, Walkden, near Manchester, England, Apr. 1931. H(arrington) Young, former owner and piccolo player, listed in De Lorenzo and FitzGibbon, died in 1895.

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.