DCM 1335: Brizzi & Nicolai (dealers); made by Emilio Piana Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Ebonite, nickel silver keys and ferrules.; 70.9 cm.
Key Holes System: Briccialdi system of keys, to low B. Old system, with added feature for forked F and left little finger alternate D#. First finger LH key is open-holed. See DCM 778.
Mark Maximum: SISTEMA BRICCIALDI / BREVETTATO / BRIZZI E NICCOLAI / FIRENZE / E. PIANA FABBTE
Mark Additional: Mark on head, on nickel silver plaque.
Provenance: G. Meriggioli, Milan, 4 Dec. 1937.

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.