DCM 0045: Edward Riley, senior English Double Flageolet

Marked adjacent to the windway cut-off key lever are the words "stop key", apparently added by former owner. Also the right thumb key has crudely scratched "B" on the key flap. The stock has an unfinished key mounting block for the other windway cut-off key, never notched or drilled.
Instrument type: English Double Flageolet
Medium: Boxwood, ivory (possibly bone) mouthpiece, finger studs and ferrules, brass keys.; 47 cm.
Key Holes System: 6 brass keys, flat square flap, pin in block, one for windway cut-off (left thumb); left pipe 1(key)/7 plus 1(D#) key; right pipe 1(key)/5 plus 2 keys.
Mark Maximum: E-RILEY / CHATHAM-ST / N-YORK.
Mark Additional: Mark on body. Right pipe marked: E-RILEY, left pipe marked: N-YORK.
Condition: Mouthpiece likely not original, although possibly period; stock cracked and the windway stop key block is broken off.
Provenance: The Little French Shop, New York, 22 July 1916.

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.