DCM 1099: Charles Wigley Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Figured boxwood, ivory cap, cork-setting mechanism, and ferrules, silver keys. Metal-lined head, toneholes, and blocks.; 67 cm.
Key Holes System: 6 keys, pewter plug over metal-lined holes, foot to C. Pin in brass-lined block.
Mark Maximum: WIGLEY / 204 STRAND / LONDON
Mark Additional: Mark on barrel, upper, lower, and foot.
Condition: Head joint, both sections, cracked, including upper section ferrule which is partially covered with an added nickel silver ferrule as a crack repair attempt. Upper body joint slightly warped.
Provenance: J. Cheetham, Birkenhead, England, 1 Oct. 1931.

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.