DCM 0165: Rudall Carte & Co. Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Silver. Silver embouchure barrel, with floral engraving.; 64.1 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm system, cylindrical, Rockstro Model, open G#, foot to C with roller. Right hand first finger B-flat.
Mark Maximum: Rudall, Carte & Cº / London / 20 Charing Cross. / London. / Boehm's System. / Rockstro's Model. // I.M.S.
Mark Additional: Mark on barrel.
Provenance: Baxter-Northup Co., Los Angeles, 22 Apr. 1921.

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.