DCM 0820: William Bainbridge Flute Flageolet

Lower, foot, marked: BAINBRIDGE.
Instrument type: Flute Flageolet
Medium: Boxwood, ivory end cap, mouthpiece, labium, and ferrules. Silver keys.; 61.5 cm.
Key Holes System: 4 keys, square (chamfered). Pin in block.
Mark Maximum: NEW PATENT / (United Kingdom coat of arms with lion, unicorn) / BAINBRIDGE / INVENTOR / 35 / HOLBORN / HILL / LONDON / PATENT
Mark Additional: Mark on barrel. Mark on upper: (United Kingdom coat of arms with lion, unicorn) / BAINBRIDGE / INVENTOR / 35 / HOLBORN / HILL / LONDON.
Condition: This instrument is essentially a standard 4-keyed transverse flute English style with the upper body joint carrying the socket although somewhat elongated. Tuning can be done by either the tenon within the head joint or the tenon uniting the head joint with the body proper. The cap has machine threads and is attached in that way. The fipple edge of this instrument is a separate piece of ivory or bone and possibly a professional repair replacement (by DCM?).
Provenance: W. Howard Head, London, 7 Dec. 1928.

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.