DCM 0234: Rudall Carte & Co. Flute in C

Head joint metal lined, terminating in short tuning pipe.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Cocus, silver plate over brass keys and ferrules, metal-lined head joint and sockets.; 65.1 cm.
Key Holes System: Radcliff model, cylindrical, old system. Closed G#, roller for C.
Mark Maximum: (crown) / RUDALL / CARTE & C° / 23 BERNERS STREET / OXFORD STREET / LONDON / 175 / (Radcliff's Model) (cursive)
Mark Additional: Mark on body. Mark on head and foot: (crown) / RUDALL CARTE & C° / LONDON
Condition: Head joint cracked in 2 places, foot joint socket small crack.
Provenance: Emma Pendleburry, Fall River, Massachusetts, 6 Feb. 1922.

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.