DCM 1135: Thomas Prowse Flute in C

Right hand joint has a slight flattened section cut along the fingerhole area.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Cocus(?), silver lip plate, keys, silver ferrules over ivory, mother-of-pearl bushing at embouchure hole.; 66 cm.
Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon, except low C#, C (with double reverse leaf springs and roller), Nicholson style, pin in block. Foot originally pre-cross pinned at the E-flat/C# block.
Mark Maximum: C. Nicholsons. / Improved. / 4173 / T. Prowse. / Hanway Street. / London (cursive)
Mark Additional: Mark on upper. Mark on head: C. Nicholsons / Improved. (cursive). Barrel: T. Prowse. / Hanway Street. / London (cursive)
Condition: Head joint, both sections, cracked, with nickel silver cross pin.
Provenance: John T. Shiel, Walkden, near Manchester, England, 4 Apr. 1932.

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.