DCM 0438: Rudall Rose Carte & Co. Flute in C

DCM ledger: "Head lined, cork with metal face."
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Cocus, silver keys and ferrules.; 65.5 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm's 1832 system, conical, open G#, post and rod direct mount, foot to C with roller.
Mark Maximum: (crown) / RUDALL / ROSE & CARTE / 100 NEW BOND ST / LONDON / 271
Mark Additional: Mark on body. Mark on barrel, foot: (crown) / RUDALL / ROSE & CARTE / LONDON
Condition: Head joint, both sections, cracked. Ferrule missing on foot.
Provenance: J. Clayton Boyes, Bushey, England, Sept. 1924.

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.