DCM 1632: Rudall Carte & Co. Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Ebonite, cocus cap with silver disk inlay, silver keys and ferrules.; 69 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm system, to low B, modern keys on ribs.
Mark Maximum: RUDALL / CARTE & CO / 23 BERNERS STREET / OXFORD STREET / LONDON / 1199
Mark Additional: Mark on body.
Condition: Crutch missing. Chip of material missing at crutch bracket screwhole.
Provenance: Robert I. Weil, Villanova, Pennsylvania, May/June 1998.

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.