Beukers three dimensional object flutes aat zxx Foot joint lower end of bore has a pair of channels carved about 180 degrees apart and to a depth of about 8 millimeters (along inside bore), purpose uncertain. However, this may have been a means of mounting the joint between lathe centers, one of which may have had shallow wings to ensure motion to withstand the forces exerted by the ornamental turning attachments. Instrument type: Recorder in High D (Sixth Flute) Materials: 3 joints, the head and foot joints are elaborately decorated with fluting and ornamental lathe turning décor. 3 sections. Key Holes System: 1/7 holes. Mark Maximum: (crown) / W: BEUKERS / (sheaf of wheat) Mark Additional: Mark on body. Condition: The head joint appears to be an unstable piece of ivory having numerous cracks at both ends with a portion of the beak directly above the window broken off but mostly present. Ivory loss inside head joint socket. Body joint lower tenon appears to have been broken and/or slightly shortened. Foot joint ivory loss inside socket. Provenance: Walter J. Ford, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, 22 June 1935. Location: G03. Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database. Flute--Specimens. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/dcmflute.1257