Italian opera singer DCM 1441: William Sherman Haynes Flute in C

Embossed keys, ferrules, and embouchure plate edge. This flute was made for the Spanish flutist Manuel Berenguer (see photo 34 in Haynes group, Miller Photograph Collection), first flute of the Chicago Opera and flute soloist for the soprano, Galli-Curci (see photo 129 in A-Z group, Miller Photograph Collection). According to Leonardo de Lorenzo, Mme Galli-Curci presented Berenguer with a gold flute in appreciation of his work. (Biographical information and life dates for Berenguer per Leonardo de Lorenzo, My Complete Story of the Flute, Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech University Press, 1992, p. 219.)
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: 14k gold tube and mechanism, ivory roller for C#, C.; 66.65 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm system, closed hole to low C. C# trill.
Mark Maximum: THE HAYNES FLUTE / MFD BY / WM. S. HAYNES CO. / BOSTON MASS. / 5585 / PATENTED
Mark Additional: Mark on barrel. Mark on head, upper, foot: WSH (monogram)
Case: Original case with gold-plated cleaning rod.
Provenance: Robert I. Weil, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 7 June 1983.

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.