Instrumententyp: Flöte in C Mittel: Kokus, Silberplättchen über Messingschlüsseln, Presshülsen.

Three of the principal rank keys close a pair of adjacent toneholes. The left hand first finger key is 2-part: an open hole key pad under a finger ring, the latter closing that tonehole by motion of the second and/or second and third finger, left hand, for the old upper C fingering (without the C key). The four principal rank toneholes for the right hand offer the option of a forked F in addition to the normal F old system fingering.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Cocus, silver plate over brass keys, ferrules.; 65.7 cm.
Key Holes System: Conical bore, simple system flute with unusually large, Boehm-like toneholes. 8-keyed flute plus 6 principal rank keys. Foot to C with roller.
Mark Maximum: (crown) / RUDALL / ROSE CARTE & Cº / 20 CHARING CROSS / LONDON / 6508
Mark Additional: Mark on upper body.
Condition: Crack in barrel. Crack in foot at socket running into E-flat tonehole.
Case: Case.
Provenance: D. Ehrlich, New York, 23 Mar. 1919.

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.