DCM 0486: Hawkes Band Flute in A-flat

Instrument type: Band Flute in A-flat
Medium: Cocus body and head joint upper section, ebonite barrel, nickel silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined head.; 37.9 cm.
Key Holes System: 6 keys, round flaps, post and rod, direct mount, modern style key cups. D# key access perpendicular to tube and equipped with unusually wide finger spatula (18.5 mm.).
Mark Maximum: (crown) / AZ / REGD N° / 381489 / 18 / HAWKES & SON / MAKERS / LONDON / 3289
Mark Additional: Mark on upper body. Mark on head: HAWKES & SON / LONDON // 3289. Mark on barrel, in gilt: 3289
Provenance: Lyon & Healy, Chicago, 15 July 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.