DCM 0696: Rudall & Rose Flute in C

Cap stamped: RUDALL & ROSE / PATENTEES (royal coat of arms, including crown, lion, and unicorn). Patented tuning slide which is advanced or retracted simultaneously with head joint tuning cork by rotating cap. English style head joint, contains tenon.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Cocus, silver cap, wide silver ferrule around embouchure, silver keys, and silver-lined sockets. Internal head joint materials, brass and silver.; 74.15 cm.
Key Holes System: 13 keys, pewter plugs for low C#, C, B, B-flat, with round metal plates under plugs. Foot to B-flat, rollers for C, B, B-flat.
Mark Maximum: (4-petalled flower) / RUDALL & ROSE / Nº 1 TAVISTOCK STREET / COVENT GARDEN / LONDON / (4-petalled flower) / 5096
Mark Additional: Mark on upper body. Mark on barrel, lower body, foot: (4-petalled flower) / RUDALL & ROSE / LONDON / (4-petalled flower). Cap stamped.
Condition: Head joint, cracked and filled.
Provenance: William Powell, Birmingham, England, 18 Jan. 1927.

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.