DCM 0149: Rudall Carte & Co. Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Cocus, nickel silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined head joint and sockets.; 65.1 cm.
Key Holes System: Old system, cylindrical bore. All toneholes with key work, principal rank with offset touch pieces as on saxophone keys. A mixture of post and rod and pin in block key mounts.
Mark Maximum: (crown) / RUDALL / CARTE & Cº / 23 BERNERS STREET / OXFORD STREET / LONDON / 828
Mark Additional: Mark on upper body. Mark on head, foot: (crown) / RUDALL / CARTE & Cº / LONDON
Condition: Crutch missing. Head joint cracked full length; right hand first finger upper C key block (lower side) broken and missing; short F key block upper side broken and missing.
Provenance: Lindberg Music Co., Los Angeles, 18 Sept. 1920.

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.