DCM 0951: Wood & Ivy Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, wood cap with ivory cork-setting mechanism in metal-lined head, nickel silver keys, ferrules, metal-lined blocks.; 66.15 cm.
Key Holes System: 6 keys, foot to C, pewter plugs, pin in metal-lined blocks.
Mark Maximum: Geoe Wood (cursive) / NEW COMPTON STRT / 50 / SOHO / (design) / LONDON / (design)
Mark Additional: Mark on barrel. Mark on upper, lower, foot: Geoe Wood (cursive)
Condition: B-flat key broken in 2 places, missing portions from both ends, including pewter plug. Lower body joint cracked at socket. E-flat key missing finger lever, low C key missing pewter plug, and foot joint missing bottom ferrule.
Provenance: William Hayes, London, 30 July 1930.

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.