DCM 1134: Rudall Rose Carte & Co. Flute in C

Head joint fits into very deep middle joint socket (68 mm.).
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Silver.; 67.2 cm.
Key Holes System: 8 keys, conical bore, principal rank fingerholes have wide comfortable finger plates mounted on tall tonehole chimneys tapered to include undercutting. Modern key design except for pewter plug on low C#, C.
Mark Maximum: RUDALL, ROSE, CARTE & Cº / 100, New Bond Street, (cursive) / LONDON (in cartouche) / A
Mark Additional: Mark on barrel.
Condition: Upper C key bumper missing(?).
Provenance: J. Clayton Boyes, Bushey, England, 4 Apr. 1932.

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.