DCM 0621: Christopher Gerock English Flageolet in C

Instrument type: English Flageolet in C
Medium: Cocus, ivory mouth beak, ferrules, finger studs and upper sponge chamber section, silver key.; 42.6 cm.
Key Holes System: 1/7 holes plus 1 key (D#), octagonal flap.
Mark Maximum: (English rose?) // C · GEROCK / 76 / BISHOPSGATE ST / LONDON
Mark Additional: Mark on back. Mark below lip: C · GEROCK / LONDON. Mark on body: C · GEROCK
Condition: Finger spatula of key broken off and missing.
Provenance: André Rossignol, Paris, 28 July 1926.

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.