DCM 1260: Cornelius Ward Flute in C

The "barrel" or lower head joint section is unusually long, incorporating the socket at the lower end and the outer leg of the head joint tuning slide at the upper end. The head joint proper has Ward's patented T&I (see DCM 572). Address not noted in Langwill.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Silver, including all key work, tonehole elevations, crutch socket and elevated finger rest flanges.; 66 cm.
Key Holes System: Ward's patent system, conical bore, see DCM 572. Elevated (3) finger support flanges mounted on wide, curved ribs.
Mark Maximum: C. WARD / INVENTOR / & PATENTEE / 20 Conduit Street. (cursive) / LONDON
Mark Additional: Mark on head, long slide joint, in fancy scroll, with flourishes. Engraved on cap: BAB.
Condition: Crutch missing. Although originally received by DCM, it and the mount may not be original. The bottom of the head joint appears to have had a decorative ferrule.
Provenance: Rudall, Carte & Co., London, 29 Aug. 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.