Instrumententyp: Flöte in C Mittel: Buchsbaum, Elfenbeinring an der Embouchure, Silberschlüssel, Verstellschaft und Endhülsen, Zinnstopfen, metallbeschichteter Kopf.

DCM ledger: "Apparently half an inch has been cut off from barrel joint to sharpen pitch."
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, ivory ring at embouchure, silver keys, adjustment shaft and ferrules, pewter plugs, metal-lined head.; 63.8 cm.
Key Holes System: 8 keys, 6 saltspoon and 2 pewter plugs over square plates for C#, C, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: RUDALL & ROSE / N°. 15 PIAZZA / COVENT GARDEN / LONDON / 2241
Mark Additional: Mark on upper section. Barrel, lower and foot joints marked: RUDALL & ROSE / LONDON
Provenance: Secondhand store, Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, Aug. 1912.

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.