DCM 0833: Rudall Carte & Co. Flute in C, Left-Handed
Summary
Instrument type: Flute in C, Left-Handed
Medium: Cocus, silver-plated keys and ferrules. Head joint fully lined with a metal pipe which terminates as a tuning slide within the socket.; 65.85 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm system, closed G#. DCM ledger: "There is an added D# key, stands open, closed automatically by third finger."
Mark Maximum: (crown) / RUDALL / CARTE & C° / 23 BERNERS STREET / OXFORD STREET / LONDON / 2300
Mark Additional: Mark on upper body. Mark on head, foot: (crown) / RUDALL / CARTE & C° / LONDON
Condition: Crutch bracket moved from original upper hand location to favor lower hand usage.
Provenance: Wilfrid T. Boulger, Lowell, Massachusetts, 2 Mar. 1929.
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.
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