Nearly 1,650 flutes and other instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. The Miller Collection contains Western and non-Western examples from all over the world, and at least 460 European and American instrument makers are represented. Highlights include forty flutes from the workshops of Theobald Boehm, Rudolph Greve and Carl Mendler, Munich; a flute belonging to King Frederick II of Prussia, designed by his teacher, Joachim Quantz; numerous flutes from the respected house of Rudall Carte, in London; seventeen crystal flutes by Claude Laurent of Paris, one made in 1813 and presented to President James Madison; a gold (22K) flute designed and made primarily by Dayton C. Miller between 1902 and 1905; over 130 Native North and South American flutes; 17th/18th century jade examples from China; an elegantly decorated early 18th century oboe by Hendrik Richters, Amsterdam; and an early 19th century ivory clarinet in D. Recent additions include a silver Boehm system flute by William Meinell, New York, with original case, early 20th century; a pair of silver clarinets (A and B-flat) by William S. Haynes, Boston, with original case, late 1st quarter 20th century; a seventeen-keyed bassoon, anon., late 19th century; and a soprano sarrusophone made by Buffet-Crampon, Paris, ca. 1920 with original case.