DCM 0852: Thomas Pearson Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Curly boxwood(?), ivory cap and ferrules, silver keys, metal-lined head.; 65.5 cm.
Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon, pin in block. Foot joint pewter plugs over square metal plates for D#, C#, C.
Mark Maximum: PEARSON / 36 / BISHOPSGATE - WITHIN / LONDON
Mark Additional: Mark on upper body. Mark on head, barrel, lower, foot: PEARSON / LONDON
Condition: Head joint, both sections, cracked. Upper section head joint lower end contains nickel silver ferrule as a crack repair attempt. Short F key has block replacement, upper side of key.
Provenance: John T. Sheil, Walkden, near Manchester, England, 3 May 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.