DCM 1546: Heinrich Friedrich Meyer Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Cocus, ivory head joint, silver cap, keys, and ferrules. Metal-lined head joint, with wood cork-setting mechanism.; 70.95 cm.
Key Holes System: 11 keys, modern style key cups, foot to B. Post and rod.
Mark Maximum: (crown) / H. F. MEYER / HANNOVER
Mark Additional: Mark on upper, foot. Mark on barrel: (crown).
Condition: Head joint, both sections, cracked.
Provenance: J. A. Douglas, Anniston, Alabama, 30 June 1944.

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.