DCM 1289: George Rudall Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood (DCM ledger: "Satinwood?"), ivory cap with ivory cork-setting mechanism and silver shaft, silver keys and ferrules. Embouchure bushed with ivory.; 65.3 cm.
Key Holes System: 7 keys, saltspoon, with pewter plugs over square plates for foot. Pin in block, 4 of 6 mounts lined with silver. Foot to C. Six fingerholes bushed with animal horn. F key roller. Upper C key applied with both a silver saddle and key guide, may have been added near time of manufacture.
Mark Maximum: GEO-RUDALL / 5-CLEMENTS-INN
Mark Additional: Mark on barrel. Upper, lower: GEO-RUDALL. Foot: GEO:RUDALL / WILLIS / FECIT / LONDON.
Condition: Head joint upper section cracked full length and filled.
Provenance: Objet's d'Art, Brighton, England, 15 July 1936.

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.