Photo of DCM 0513: Garrett Flute in C - Public domain dedication

Keys elegantly hallmarked and stamped: WK.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Rosewood, silver cap, keys, ferrules, head joint slide lining.; 66.6 cm.
Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon, pewter plugs over square metal mounts for low C#, C. Pin in block.
Mark Maximum: (crown?) / GARRETT / LONDON / KING STREET / WHITEHALL / (quatrefoil design) / 2010
Mark Additional: Mark on barrel. Mark on upper body, foot: GARRETT / LONDON / (quatrefoil design). Mark on lower body: GARRETT / LONDON
Condition: Head joint, both sections, cracked.
Case: With original rosewood case.
Provenance: J. P. Ford-Moore, 30 Oct. 1925. DCM ledger: Ford-Moore states that his father, flutist Arthur Henry Moore, came into possession of the flute about 1854.

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.