DCM 0463: Thomas Prowse Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, stained dark brown, ivory end cap and ferrules, silver keys.; 59.75 cm.
Key Holes System: 4 keys, square flat flaps, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: T. Prowse. / Hanway Street. / LONDON, (cursive)
Mark Additional: Mark on head, body. Mark on lower, foot: T Prowse. / London. (cursive)
Condition: Upper body warped. Embouchure hole has been vastly enlarged. Principal rank fingerholes enlarged but less than standard Nicholson model.
Provenance: J. Clayton Boyes, Bushey, England, 15 Apr. 1925.

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.