DCM 0991: John Parker English Flageolet

Holes lettered.
Instrument type: English Flageolet
Medium: Boxwood, ivory beak and fingerstuds, brass key.; 34.3 cm.
Key Holes System: 1/7 holes. Upper front hole bushed with ivory for half-hole vent.
Mark Maximum: F / PARKER / PICCADILLY / LONDON / PATENT
Mark Additional: Mark on fipple. Mark on head: PARKER. Mark on body: PARKER // F / PARKER / LONDON / PATENT. Mouth/sponge: PARKER // PARKER
Condition: Missing one ivory stud.
Provenance: W. Howard Head, London, 16 Sept. 1930.

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.