DCM 1633: Potter Head Joint (Upper Section only)

Instrument type: Head Joint (Upper Section only)
Medium: Boxwood.; 14.4 cm.
Mark Maximum: POTTE[R?] / LONDON
Condition: While not a particularly important object in and of itself, the condition of this portion shows an unusual and extreme example of a wooden tube having gone out of round, literally egg-shaped at the lower end. Such a condition should have produced a crack with the grain, instead this object has 2 small cross-grain cracks. (See DCM 1481).
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.