Musical Instruments - DCM 1435: Anonymous Cornet Mute

See DCM 36, Notes and Condition. This mute was attached to a boxwood flute (DCM 36) which DCM acquired in 1913.
Instrument type: Cornet Mute
Medium: Brass.
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Provenance: Estate of Joseph Fischer, Cleveland, Ohio, 9 Mar. 1913.

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.