DCM 1368: Ziegner Swanson, inventor; Chicago Musical Instrument Co. Tonette

Instrument type: Tonette
Medium: Black tenite.; 18.9 cm.
Key Holes System: 1/7 holes.
Mark Maximum: THE / SWANSON / TONETTE / MADE IN / U.S.A. / PATENT APPLIED FOR
Provenance: Lyon & Healy, Cleveland, Ohio, 27 Oct. 1938.

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.