DCM 0977: Johann Wolfgang Hoe; Anonymous (upper joint) Flute in C

Upper joint likely a replacement, possibly by folk (not professional) craftsman. Foot slide numbered to indicate that this instrument originally had 6 corps de rechange.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap, cork-setting mechanism, foot register, silver key.; 63.3 cm.
Key Holes System: 1 key, square flap.
Mark Maximum: L / I · W · HOE / A / HOF / (lion rampant)
Mark Additional: Mark on head. Mark on foot: L / HOE / (lion rampant)
Condition: Lower body joint crack at socket. Foot joint key block has a second pin made of iron which may have been added either to serve as a crack prevention pin and/or more likely to serve as a spring mounting device, the brass spring being tucked under it. However, it has caused a crack in one lug of the key mount.
Provenance: Sigmund Koch, Munich, 27 Aug. 1930. Formerly in the collection of Theo. Schäffer.

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.