DCM 0856: Thomas Prowse Flute in A-flat

Instrument type: Flute in A-flat
Medium: Boxwood, brass keys, wide fife-like brass ferrules.; 39.25 cm.
Key Holes System: 4 keys (originally), round flap, pin in block. G# is a nickel silver replacement, and the F key is a nickel silver replacement with a replacement block of a darker wood, possibly cocus.
Mark Maximum: T. Prowse / Hanway Street / London (cursive)
Mark Additional: Mark on head. Above mark: J. LOCK. Mark on upper body: T. Prowse / Hanway Street / London (cursive). Above mark: JW. Foot: W.
Condition: Head joint cracked at socket.
Provenance: John T. Shiel, 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.