DCM 1028: James Wood Flute in C

4 keys, originally brass, the present silver B-flat and F keys being replacements.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap and ferrules, brass keys, silver replacement keys.; 61.2 cm.
Key Holes System: 4 keys, square flat flaps, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: (lyre over banner) / GOULDING / WOOD & Cº / PALL MALL / LONDON
Mark Additional: Mark on head. Mark on upper, lower, and foot: GOULDING / WOOD & Cº
Condition: Head joint and ferrule cracked. Foot joint lower ferrule cracked.
Provenance: R. T. Cole, Kennebunk, Maine, 12 Nov. 1930.

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.