DCM 0768: Rudall Carte & Co. Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Ebonite, silver-plated keys, metal sockets and upper body tenon.; 67.3 cm.
Key Holes System: Rockstro's model, cylindrical, open G#, Rockstro F#.
Mark Maximum: (crown) / RUDALL / CARTE & Co / 23 BERNERS STREET / OXFORD STREET / LONDON / 1521 / ROCKSTRO'S / MODEL
Mark Additional: Mark on upper body. Mark on head, foot: (crown) / RUDALL / CARTE & Co / LONDON
Provenance: William H. Guyon, Butte, Montana, 7 Feb. 1928. According to DCM ledger: "It was made by a man named Johnstone--not Collins, and was sold on November 2, 1886 to a gentleman in London [letter from Rudall, Carte & Co., to DCM, 20 Feb. 1928].... Bought by Wm. H. Guyon, at pawn shop on Kearney St. San Francisco, in Fall 1920."

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.