DCM 1515: Anonymous Fife in B-flat(?)
Summary
This instrument, although unstamped, is essentially the same as DCM 649. Although the source is unknown, it may also have been acquired from S. Koch.
Instrument type: Fife in B-flat(?)
Medium: Grenadilla(?), nickel silver cap and ferrules.; 37.7 cm.
Key Holes System: 0/7 holes.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Provenance: Source not known.
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.
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