DCM 1391: Paul Walch Walking Stick Flute in C

The upper end is trimmed back to shoulder to receive a ferrule. The present brass ferrule may be original, but now is much too large. The upper end of the instrument appears to have been shortened, purpose unknown.
Instrument type: Walking Stick Flute in C
Medium: Unidentified light hard wood, wooden pommel, brass key and ferrules, metal tip.; 90.4 cm.
Key Holes System: 1 key, round flat flap set into body of instrument with raised touch piece. 2 vent holes below E-flat key.
Mark Maximum: (rosette) / PAUL WALCH / BERCHTESGADEN / C
Mark Additional: Mark at top.
Condition: See Notes.
Provenance: Sadie Huntington, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 2 Nov. 1939.

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.