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Leonard Bernstein to Marc Blitzstein, July 20, 1962

excerpt: "Am here Bay of Naples, en route to Monte Carlo & Spain, I think of you, S & V, being Jewish your Arabic [maid?]. I hope all continues to be as joyful as before."

Albrecht Dürer - Das Mannerbad (The Men's Bath)

German (artist nationality) painter and engraver (artist role) Recto: l. c.: (monogram) AD ; verso: (in pencil) u. l.: Clark's Dec 1937; l. l.: C575/687 [and] 00425830; l. r.: 10 1/4 x 14 3/8. (inscription) Wo... More

Circus Maximus, 16th century - Drawing. Public domain image.

from a book by Onofrio Panvinio, historian and archeologist, 1529-1568, published posthumously (artist notes) Unknown (artist nationality) Recto: top edge: (beneath moat, in Latin) POMPAE · CIRCENSIS · A · PRIS... More

Natural Fools, from the Triumphal Procession of Emperor Maximilian of ...

German (artist nationality) painter and woodcut designer (artist role) Recto: (initials, on belt of third figure from left): H B ; verso: (in pencil) u. l.: Clark Aug 1936 / $21.00; l. l.: C575/695 (inscription... More

Christoph Weigel - Der Pfeiffenmacher (The Wind Instrument Maker)

possibly after a design by Caspar Luyken, or Luiken, engraver, 1672-1708 (artist notes) Austrian (artist nationality) engraver and print publisher (artist role) Recto: u. c.: Der Pfeiffenmacher / [another line ... More

The Finding of Paris - Public domain portrait engraving

after a painted copy by David Teniers, the younger, painter and engraver, 1610-1690, of a lost painting by Giorgione, ca. 1477/78-1510 (artist notes) Dutch (artist nationality) engraver (artist role) Giorgione,... More

Soo D'oude Songen Soo Pepen De Jongen (As the old sing, so the young t...

after a painting by Jacob Jordaens, history and portrait painter, draughtsman, watercolorist, and engraver, 1593-1678 (artist notes) Dutch (artist nationality) engraver and publisher (artist role) Jordaens, Jac... More

[ Landscape with Flute-playing Shepherd], Dayton C. Miller Collection

after a drawing by Tiziano Vecelli, called Titian, ca. 1488-1576 (artist notes) Flemish (artist nationality) painter and engraver (artist role) Titian, ca. 1488-1576 (original artist) Recto: (no inscription); V... More

Parmigianino - The Young and Elder Goatherd

after a drawing by Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Parmigianino, painter, draughtsman and etcher, 1503-1540 (artist notes) Flemish (artist nationality) draughtsman and engraver (artist role) Parmigiani... More

Recorder Player 17th century - Public domain portrait engraving

after a painting by Dirck van Baburen, painter, ca. 1595-1624 (artist notes) Dutch (artist nationality) painter, draughtsman and engraver (artist role) Baburen, Dirck van, ca. 1595-1624 (original artist) Recto:... More

Musical Instruments - DCM 0640: Anonymous, English Whistle

DCM ledger: "Said by Fenton to be 'English 17th century'". Instrument type: Whistle Medium: 6.8 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Fipple block missing; closed at crown end with wooden plug. Provenance: Fen... More

Adoration of the Shepherds - Public domain portrait engraving

after a painting by Jacob Jordaens, history and portrait painter, draughtsman, watercolorist, and engraver, 1593-1678 (artist notes) Dutch (artist nationality) engraver (artist role) Jordaens, Jacob, 1593-1678 ... More

Les Danseurs à la flûte et au tambourin (Dancers with flute and tambou...

after an etching by Jacques Callot, painter, draughtsman, etcher and engraver, 1592-1635 (artist notes) Unknown (artist nationality) Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635 (original artist) Recto: l. l.: (within image) 7 ;... More

Mercurio sale in cielo per convocare gli Dei: Amorini nelle vele (Merc...

after a fresco by Raphael Santi, or Sanzi or Sanzio, called Raphael or Raphael Urbinas, painter, draughtsman, sculptor and architect, 1483-1520 (artist notes) French (artist nationality) history painter, draugh... More

Charles-Émile Jacque - Adriaen van Ostade - Le Trio Flamand (The Flem...

after a painting by Adriaen van Ostade, painter, draughtsman, watercolorist, etcher, 1610-1685 (artist notes) French (artist nationality) painter, etcher, illustrator (artist role) Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-168... More

[ Vuillaume violin : strung instrument, from end button]

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[ Vuillaume violin : strung scroll and pegbox, right]

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Musical Instruments - [ Vuillaume violin : right f-hole]

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Vuillaume violin : strung instrument, right f-hole

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[ Vuillaume violin : strung scroll and pegbox, rear left]

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[ Vuillaume violin : full strung instrument, back]

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[ Vuillaume violin : front upper right corner]

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Musical Instruments - [ Vuillaume violin : back button]

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[ Vuillaume violin : strung scroll and pegbox, front right]

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[ Vuillaume violin : back lower left corner]

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[ Vuillaume violin : strung instrument, left f-hole]

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[ Vuillaume violin : front lower right corner]

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[ Vuillaume violin : strung scroll and pegbox, front left]

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[ Vuillaume violin : strung scroll and pegbox, back right]

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DCM 1176: Joseph Baumann French Flageolet

Instrument type: French Flageolet Medium: Ebony(?), ivory ferrules and mouthpiece exterior.; 29.05 cm. Key Holes System: 2/4 holes. Mark Maximum: (5-pointed star) / BAUMANN. / A PARIS. / (5-pointed star) Mark ... More

DCM 0238: Anonymous, North American Indian (Pilager) Courting Flute (V...

The flue cover is, for this plain instrument, unusually ornate, carved, possibly to resemble a rattlesnake's rattle, integral mouthpipe. DCM ledger: "Pilager Tribe of Minnesota." Instrument type: Courting Flute... More

DCM 0902: James Wood Flute d'amore in A

Instrument type: Flute d'amore in A Medium: Ivory, silver keys and ferrules.; 77.2 cm. Key Holes System: 5 keys, round flat flaps with knurled design, pin in block. Mark Maximum: (Prince of Wales feathers) / J... More

Procession d'une nouvelle Mariée qui se rend chez son Mari Plegtige St...

Dutch (artist nationality) draughtsman and engraver (artist role) Recto: top center: (banner in sky, in French) PROCESSION d’une nouvelle MARIÉE qui se rend chez son MARI ; l. l.: J. v. Schley sculp. ; bottom c... More

DCM 0473: Hermann Wrede Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, brass keys, ivory ferrules, [ivory cap?].; 60.5 cm. Key Holes System: 4 keys, square flat flaps, pin in block. Mark Maximum: (unicorn head) // H-WREDE / 15 / ST ION... More

DCM 0696: Rudall & Rose Flute in C

Cap stamped: RUDALL & ROSE / PATENTEES (royal coat of arms, including crown, lion, and unicorn). Patented tuning slide which is advanced or retracted simultaneously with head joint tuning cork by rotating cap. ... More

DCM 0222: Paolo Maino Piccolo in D-flat

Instrument type: Piccolo in D-flat Medium: Boxwood, brass keys, animal horn ferrules, brass-lined head joint with tuning slide.; 29.3 cm. Key Holes System: 5 keys, modern style key cups, post and rod. Mark Max... More

DCM 0029: Anonymous, possibly German Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, nickel silver keys, ferrules and adjustment shaft, post and rod.; 66.25 cm. Key Holes System: Simple system, cylindrical, 14 keys (8 keyed plus 6 covered fingerholes ... More

DCM 0870: Du Mont Alto Flute in G

The unusually plain ferrules and head joint cap may all be replacements, those on the foot joint and middle joint being of bone, with those on the head possibly of bone. See "Flute Misnomers" regarding Bass vs.... More

Musical Instruments - DCM 0646b: Anonymous Cuckoo Whistle

Instrument type: Cuckoo Whistle Medium: Wood, painted red and black.; 15.5 cm. Key Holes System: The terminating hole at the end is covered by a finger for the lower cuckoo note. Mark Maximum: No mark. Conditi... More

DCM 1515: Anonymous Fife in B-flat(?)

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(?), ni... More

DCM 1671: Edward Baack Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, ivory head joint, nickel silver end cap shaft, keys, and ferrules. Metal tuning slide.; 66.4 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon, with pewter plugs for low C#, C.... More

DCM 0781: William Henry Potter Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus or unidentified tropical dark wood. Ivory cap, cork-setting mechanism, and ferrules. Silver keys, pewter plugs over metal-lined holes.; 67.15 cm. Key Holes System: 7 k... More

DCM 1038: Benedikt Pentenrieder Flute in C

DCM ledger: "Unique keys equivalent to 8 keys with several extra touch-pieces, and cross G#. All keys flat-circle flaps in wood lugs. F#, G#, B-flat keys all have light springs which alone open the keys. For ea... More

DCM 0413: I. Ziegler Piccolo in C

Rose gold tonehole bushings, gold-plated metal body tenon including shoulder plate. Instrument type: Piccolo in C Medium: Ivory, ivory end cap with cork-setting mechanism and gold-plated shaft, gold-plated keys... More

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... More

DCM 1587: Anonymous, English or American Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, nickel silver lip plate ferrule, keys, and ferrules.; 59 cm. Key Holes System: 5 keys, post and rod, direct mount. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Head joint, upper... More

DCM 0689c: Anonymous Vertical Whistle Flute

DCM ledger: "Spain." Instrument type: Vertical Whistle Flute Medium: Bamboo, stained reddish purple, see DCM 689a.; 21.55 cm. Key Holes System: 0/4 holes plus 1 rectangular hole at the bottom (likely a vent ho... More

Photo of DCM 0601: Proff Flute in C - Public domain dedication

The silver key, if original, has soldered to it underneath a brass spline as part of a breakage repair. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap and ferrules, silver keys.; 61.05 cm. Key Holes Sy... More

Photo of DCM 0831: Goulding Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap and ferrules, silver keys with pewter plugs, metal-lined toneholes.; 66.1 cm. Key Holes System: 6 keys, pewter plugs, pin in metal-lined block, except for... More

Photo of DCM 1231: Anthony Flute in C - Public domain dedication

This flute, a Walking Stick Flute (DCM 271), and a Clarinet (DCM 1662, formerly in the R. E. Sheldon Collection of Musical Instruments), are three of only five Anthony instruments discovered to date. Instrument... More

DCM 1495: Catherine Folkers Flute Head Joint

This head joint is meant to be a performance device to help preserve the original (DCM 507). It also attempts to approximate the original embouchure hole to an oval shape. Scanned with DCM 507; DCM 1495 on left... More

DCM 0241: Anonymous, North American Indian Courting Flute (Vertical Wh...

Decorated with indented dots, painted red. The end is carved with a geometric design. Lead flue plate and carved wooden cover in the form of unidentified animal. Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistl... More

DCM 0551: Anonymous, North American Indian (Winnebago) Courting Flute ...

DCM ledger: "Winnebago Indian." It appears that the tube was carved to receive the lead in a molten state, in that it also fills portions of the joints between the two tube halves. It was then apparently filed ... More

DCM 0447: Emil Rittershausen Piccolo in C

Instrument type: Piccolo in C Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined socket.; 30.3 cm. Key Holes System: Boehm system, conical, closed G#. Post and rod on ribs. Mark Maximum: E. RITTE... More

Photo of DCM 1084: Thurgood Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, silver keys, ferrules, and metal-lined head.; 67.6 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon, pin in block. Mark Maximum: THURGOOD / LONDON / PATENT Mark Additional: Ma... More

DCM 1168: Anonymous Bali-ing (Nose Flute)

DCM ledger: "Igorot, Baguio, Philippines." Instrument type: Bali-ing (Nose Flute) Medium: Bamboo.; 60.9 cm. Key Holes System: 1/3 holes bored through flat areas where the bark and part of the adjacent material... More

Photo of DCM 0522: Gisborne Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Ferrules decorated (not chased). Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, bright nickel silver lip plate ferrule, keys, ferrules, and fingerhole bushings, metal-lined head.; 65.5 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys... More

DCM 1662: Anthony Clarinet in A

See DCM 271 and 1231. This and another Anthony clarinet in Minnesota appear to be the oldest surviving North American-made clarinets. Two other Anthony instruments (a concert flute and a walking stick) are pres... More

Photo of DCM 1543: Anonymous Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Grenadilla, ivory head joint, silver cap, keys, ferrules, and sockets.; 70.8 cm. Key Holes System: 11 keys, modern style key cups, foot to B. Mark Maximum: No mark. Conditio... More

DCM 0013: Anonymous, Chinese Di (Transverse Flute)

Instrument type: Di (Transverse Flute) Medium: Bamboo, stained brown, with bone ferrules, gold tassel.; 65.9 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes plus membrane hole, 2 tassel holes, plus 2 vent holes at foot. Mark ... More

Photo of DCM 1350: Goodlad Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Foot: PATENT / (lyre) / GOODLAND / 25 VILLIERS ST. / LONDON. Head joint lower ferrule, lower body and foot ferrules: 2169. Keys hallmarked, "IDG". Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory cork-setting... More

DCM 1593: Alfred G. Badger Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus(?), silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined head.; 65.6 cm. Key Holes System: 6 keys, saltspoon, foot to C. Pin in block. Mark Maximum: BADGER / BUFFALO Mark Additional:... More

DCM 1134: Rudall Rose Carte & Co. Flute in C

Head joint fits into very deep middle joint socket (68 mm.). Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Silver.; 67.2 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, conical bore, principal rank fingerholes have wide comfortable finge... More

DCM 1068: Benedikt Pentenrieder Flute in C

See DCM 1038. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, brass keys, animal horn ferrules. Crude oak cap, not original.; 67 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, round flaps, pin in block. Mark Maximum: (rosette) / ... More

DCM 1258: Rudall Carte & Co. Bass Flute in C

Instrument type: Bass Flute in C Medium: Silver-plated, silver embouchure plate.; 99.4 cm. Key Holes System: Boehm system, open G#. Mark Maximum: Rudall Carte & Cº. Ltd. / 23. Berners Street. / London, W.1. (c... More

DCM 1492: Pamela Chamberlin; glaze by Dudley Smith Ocarina

Instrument type: Ocarina Medium: Clay.; 4.6 x 5.25 cm. Key Holes System: 4 fingerholes, 2 on each side. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Pamela Chamberlin, 1979. The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Libra... More

DCM 1646: Metzler Flute in C (Part only)

Instrument type: Flute in C (Part only) Medium: Cocus, silver embossed ferrule.; 13.5 cm. (as is) Key Holes System: Likely a 4-keyed instrument originally, pin in block. Probably nickel silver keys and ferrule... More

DCM 0545: Anonymous, North American Indian (Sioux) Courting Flute (Ver...

DCM ledger: "Sioux Indian." See DCM 539. Instrument type: Courting Flute (Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Pine. Brass tube mouthpipe with leather and red, white, and blue-colored straw. Lead flue plate.; 70.9 ... More

DCM 0396: G. (?Gottfried) Schuster Clarinet in E-flat

Instrument type: Clarinet in E-flat Medium: Boxwood, brass keys, animal horn ferrules.; 48.5 cm. (with mouthpiece) Key Holes System: 5 keys, square flaps, pin in block. Mark Maximum: (crown) / SCHUSTER / ES Ma... More

DCM 1276: Andreas Greve Flute in C

DCM indicates each corps de rechange is "provided with one interchangeable B-flat key." It is also possible that each such joint had a separate B-flat key, now missing. Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ebony... More

DCM 1575: Anonymous Fife in B-flat

Instrument type: Fife in B-flat Medium: Nickel silver.; 37.8 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes (with chimneys). Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: The instrument appears to have been bent just beneath the embouch... More

DCM 0868: Anonymous, Central American Indian Whistle (Duct Flute)

DCM ledger: "Totonac Indian, from Panuco, Vera Cruz." Instrument type: Whistle (Duct Flute) Medium: Terracotta.; 7.8 cm. Key Holes System: 0/2 holes. Mouthpiece is tail, 2 eyes are fingerholes. Mark Maximum: N... More

Le Flûteur (The Flutist) - Public domain portrait engraving

after a painting once attributed to Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, painter and engraver, 1573-1610 (artist notes) French (artist nationality) engraver (artist role) Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-... More

DCM 0827: Louis Drouet Flute in C

Engraved on elliptical silver plate on barrel: No flute is genuine that / is not bought at Mr L Drouet's / Manufactory / No. 23 Conduit Street Bond St & accompanied with a Certificate / under his hand. Elabora... More

DCM 0771: Theobald Boehm Flute in C

Both sockets have a decorative wide sheet metal ferrule, plus a secondary beaded ferrule which is applied with a threaded screw adjustment (tightening) mechansim to compensate for wood shrinkage. Instrument typ... More

DCM 0600: Gerock & Wolf Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap, cork-setting mechanism and ferrules, silver keys, metal-lined head.; 66.5 cm. Key Holes System: 6 keys, foot to C. Saltspoon, except low C#, C, which hav... More

DCM 0114: Anonymous Kaval (End-blown Flute)

Instrument type: Kaval (End-blown Flute) Medium: Unidentified wood, possibly mahogany, bone ferrules. Bird's eye décor and some turned lines are black-filled; others are filled with brown paint or ink.; 84 cm.... More

DCM 1279: William Sherman Haynes Flute in C

DCM ledger: "Made especially for this Collection." Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Silver.; 67.05 cm. Key Holes System: Boehm system, French model, closed G#. Mark Maximum: THE HAYNES FLUTE / MFD. BY / WM.... More

DCM 1163: William Wheatstone Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ivory, nickel silver keys, engraved brass ferrules at top of lower body joint.; 66.1 cm. Key Holes System: 7 keys, round flaps, foot to C. Mark Maximum: WHEATSTONE / LONDON ... More

Georg Fried: Haendel geb: 1684. Joh: Sebast: Bach geb; 1685. Joseph Ta...

Unknown (artist nationality) Recto: (beneath image) Georg Fried: Haendel geb: 1684. Joh: Sebast: Bach geb; 1685. Joseph Tartini geb: 1692. / Joh: Joach: Quanz geb: 1697. Christof Gluck geb: 1714. Nicolo Jomelli... More

DCM 1584: Moritz-Max Mönnig Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Grenadilla, silver head, keys, and ferrules. Ebonite Schwedlermundloch.; 70.6 cm. Key Holes System: Schwedler reform system, later pattern. See DCM 62, for similar key desig... More

Photo of DCM 0098: Louis Lot Flute in C - Public domain dedication

DCM ledger: "Ebonite head has no name, but appears to be of same size and shape as original L.L." Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Cocus, ebonite head, silver keys and ferrules.; 61.5 cm. Key Holes System: ... More

Photo of DCM 1087: Goulding Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory cork-setting mechanism and ferrules, silver keys.; 63.9 cm. Key Holes System: 5 keys, square flat flap, foot to C#. Pin in block. Mark Maximum: GOULDING & C° ... More

DCM 0363: Alfred G. Badger Flute in C

DCM ledger: "Two small holes for thumb with single key, altered to Briccialdi. Rounded end at bottom of flute probably cut off." Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Rosewood, silver lip plate ferrule, silver ke... More

DCM 0357: Anonymous Shakuhachi (Notched Flute)

Instrument type: Shakuhachi (Notched Flute) Medium: Bamboo, lacquered red inside, horn uta guchi.; 43.2 cm.; Yonsun 1.4 Key Holes System: 1/4 holes. Kinko style. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Henry H. Hon... More

Photo of DCM 0808: Anonymous Fife - Public domain dedication

DCM ledger: "Appenzeller Landsgemeindepfeifen, Appenzell Village community fife...which is blown at the time of marching out of the Landsgemeinde." Upper end of instrument, including ferrule, drilled through bo... More

Photo of DCM 1460: Anonymous Sopilka - Public domain dedication

The upper 7.2 cm. of the instrument is wood without finish. Instrument type: Sopilka Medium: Poplar(?), stained light brown with dark shellac or varnish.; 39.2 cm. Key Holes System: 0/6 holes bored at angle. M... More

DCM 1355: Johann Friedrich Boie Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ebony, ivory cap, cork-setting mechanism and ferrules, silver keys.; 60.8 cm., 61.6 cm., 62.6 cm. Key Holes System: 4 keys, square flat flaps, pin in block. Mark Maximum: (f... More

DCM 0747: Anonymous, probably German Piccolo in C

Instrument type: Piccolo in C Medium: Cocus, ivory upper head joint section with metal tuning slide, nickel silver keys, ferrules, end cap with cork-setting mechanism.; 34.1 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, to lo... More

DCM 0321: Henry Potter Flute in E-flat

High pitch. Instrument type: Flute in E-flat Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver keys and ferrules.; 49.85 cm. Key Holes System: 6 keys, post and rod, modern style key cups, direct mount. Foot to D. Mark Maximum... More

DCM 1145: Rudall Carte & Co. Flute in E-flat (High Pitch)

Instrument type: Flute in E-flat (High Pitch) Medium: Unidentified dark wood, probably that labelled "Best seasoned wood" in Rudall Carte mid-1920s catalog ("List of Instruments and Accessories for Flute Bands"... More

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 cup... More

DCM 0324: Rudall & Rose Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap and ferrules, nickel silver lip plate and keys, metal-lined head.; 66 cm. Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon, pewter plugs over metal-lined holes for C#,... More

DCM 0223: Maino & Orsi Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ebonite, nickel silver nickel-plated keys and ferrules.; 61.45 cm. Key Holes System: Giorgi system flute, see DCM 112. 4 keys, to low C. In addition, this instrument has 4 n... More

Photo of DCM 0660: Piering Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ebony(?), ivory head joint cap (including cork-setting mechanism) and ferrules, silver keys.; 61.9 cm., 62.7 cm., 63.4 cm. Key Holes System: 2 keys, square flat flaps (D#, G... More

Photo of DCM 1665: Rampone Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ebonite, silver-plated keys and ferrules. Metal-lined head and sockets.; 71.5 cm. Key Holes System: Boehm system, with alternate D# for LH little finger, and alternate G# f... More

DCM 1080: E. G. Williams Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ebony(?), horn and ivory cap, silver keys, ivory ferrules.; 60.7 cm. Key Holes System: 4 keys, saltspoon, pin in block. Mark Maximum: E G · WILLIAMS / PATENT (in scroll) / L... More

Photo of DCM 0732: Anonymous Pitch Pipe - Public domain dedication

Likely constructed by a proficient furniture turner. Instrument type: Pitch Pipe Medium: Maple, stained brown.; 39.3 cm. Mark Maximum: No mark. Condition: Labium edge damaged. Two cracks at bottom of tube, rep... More

DCM 1335: Brizzi & Nicolai (dealers); made by Emilio Piana Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C Medium: Ebonite, nickel silver keys and ferrules.; 70.9 cm. Key Holes System: Briccialdi system of keys, to low B. Old system, with added feature for forked F and left little finger... More

DCM 1580: Anonymous Dvojnice (Double Vertical Whistle Flute)

Instrument type: Dvojnice (Double Vertical Whistle Flute) Medium: Wood.; 34.2 cm. Key Holes System: Right pipe: 0/4 holes; left pipe: 0/3 holes. Mark Maximum: No mark. Provenance: Spofford Whiting, New York, 5... More

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