DCM 0597: William Bark Flute in C

Silver ferrules screwed with silver dowels. DCM ledger: "A second blow-hole has been cut in head (first one is plugged) to lower pitch."
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Cocus, ivory cork-setting mechanism, cap [missing] probably ivory with or without a silver veneer, silver keys and ferrules. Metal-lined head.; 64.8 cm. (without cap)
Key Holes System: 8 keys, to low C, saltspoon. Pewter plugs over large square metal plates for D#, C#, C. Pin in block.
Mark Maximum: W-BARK / LONDON
Mark Additional: Mark on all sections, head, upper and lower body, foot.
Condition: Head joint upper section cracked, on side opposite embouchure, and therefore still playable. Upper body joint has indentation crudely applied, likely by a former owner or user at LH 1st finger 1st phalynx. Lower body joint has about 110 degrees opposite fingerhole rank 4 gouges or file cuts apparently as a thumb friction support, except that they are misplaced and not effective.
Provenance: A. Blaker, London, 26 June 1926.

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.