DCM 1159: Smart Treble (Alto) Recorder in F

Instrument type: Treble (Alto) Recorder in F
Medium: Stained boxwood.; 49.85 cm.
Key Holes System: 1/7 holes.
Mark Maximum: SMART / .
Mark Additional: Mark on head, body, foot.
Condition: Head joint edge damaged and slightly shortened. Beak and block chipped and broken at the top. Head joint cracked from socket to window. Body joint wood naturally checked and possibly further damaged at the thumbhole. Foot joint cracked at socket. Fingerhole 7 very crudely altered.
Provenance: W. Howard Head, London, 27 Sept. 1932.

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.