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3D Object Treble (Alto) Recorder in F, DCM 0327

About this Item

Title

  • Treble (Alto) Recorder in F, DCM 0327

Names

  • Joannes Panormo

Created / Published

  • Naples, Second half 18c.

Headings

  • -  Flute--Specimens

Genre

  • flutes

Notes

  • -  Standard treble (alto) recorder with a slight indentation at the thumbholes either intentional or from wear.
  • -  Instrument type: Treble (Alto) Recorder in F
  • -  Materials: Ivory, wood fipple.
  • -  3 sections.
  • -  Key Holes System: 1/7 holes.
  • -  Mark Maximum: IOAN· / PANORM:
  • -  Mark Additional: Mark on all sections.
  • -  Condition: Head joint severely cracked into 3 pieces with other cracks and losses.
  • -  Provenance: Sumner Healey, New York, 25 Apr. 1923. Formerly in the Tolbecque collection. This probably refers to the collection of Auguste Tolbecque, 1830-1919, Niort, France. Tolbecque was a composer, stringed instrument maker, cellist, and collector of musical instruments. In 1879, the Belgian government purchased many instruments from the Tolbecque collection for the Brussels Conservatory. This instrument probably comes from a second collection of instruments which was dispersed in 1922 along with Tolbecque's library. Biographical information on Tolbecque per Elisabeth Bernard, "Auguste Tolbecque," The New Grove Dictionary of Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 29 April 2003),
  • -  Location: G04.
  • -  Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.

Medium

  • 1 musical instrument ; 48.8 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ML30.4a

Source Collection

  • Holding of: Dayton C. Miller flute collection, 1880-2000 (bulk 1905-1941) DCM 0327

Repository

  • c-Music ML30.4a Dayton C. Miller flute collection, DCM 0327 (G04)

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023865649

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Four full-size drawings of flutes DCM 0507, DCM 0615, DCM 0916, and DCM 1125 by Jean-François Beaudin, Québec, Canada. 2003. Please make written requests for permission for other uses to:

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The quotation regarding Dr. Miller and his gold flute comes from an article by Robert S. Shankland, "Dayton Clarence Miller: Physics Across Fifty Years." American Journal of Physics 9(October 1941):273-283. LC call number: QC1.A47. It was reprinted here with permission from the American Journal of Physics 9(October 1941):278. Copyright 1941, American Association of Physics Teachers. Should you wish to quote from this article, please contact:

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The image of the Faun playing an aulos by Rea Irvin, Miller no. 57/G, comes from the cover of The New Yorker magazine, 14 March 1925. It is reproduced here without The New Yorker masthead as required by Condé Nast Publications, New York. Permission to reproduce the Faun only as a thumbnail-size image, and without the masthead, is Courtesy of the Irvin Estate. No reproduction without permission. For reproduction permission, please contact:

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Credit line: Dayton C. Miller Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress

"Dayton C. Miller, His Life, Work and Contributions as a Scientist and Organologist" is made available here with permission from the author, William J. Maynard. HTML version of this text

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Credit line: Dayton C. Miller Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress

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