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Summary
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, ivory cap, ferrules, and cork-setting mechanism, silver keys.; 66.5 cm., 67.35 cm., 68.1 cm.
Key Holes System: 6 keys, square flaps, foot to C (with decoration on touch). Pin in block, low C#, C block mount pre-pinned with brass threaded cross pins.
Mark Maximum: (fleur-de-lis) / I · HALE / LONDON
Mark Additional: Mark on head, lower body, foot. Mark on upper body: (fleur-de-lis) / I · HALE / LONDON / 4 (5, or 6)
Condition: Small portion of G# key block missing, and spring is broken.
Provenance: William Powell, Birmingham, England, 2 Jan. 1924.
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.