DCM 1239: Wigley & McGregor Bass Flute in C

Mark on foot: 2 / (Royal arms) / WIGLEY & McGREGOR / PATENTEES / 151 STRAND / LONDON
Instrument type: Bass Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap and ferrules, brass keys and U-bend pipe.; 89.1 cm.
Key Holes System: 8 keys, 4 keys with 4 extra keys covering principal rank toneholes 1, 3, 4, and 6. Flat flaps, foot to D, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: (Royal arms) / WIGLEY & McGREGOR / PATENTEES / 151 STRAND / LONDON / 2
Mark Additional: Mark on head, barrel. Mark on upper: WIGLEY & McGREGOR / PATENTEES / LONDON / 2. Lower: WIGLEY & McGREGOR / 151 STRAND / LONDON // 2.
Condition: Head joint cap a later addition. One head joint ferrule also a replacement. Head, upper and middle joint warped. Opening seam in U-tube.
Provenance: Miss Desirée Ellinger (Mrs. Henry Carte, of Rudall, Carte & Co.) Collection, sale, Puttick & Simpson, London, 29 Nov. 1934, obtained by Harold Reeves, London, on behalf of DCM, received 7 Jan. 1935.

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.