Flute in C, DCM 0583

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Key Holes System: 8 keys, saltspoon, Nicholson holes, with pewter plugs over square metal plates for C#, C. Originally cross-pinned at D# block.
Case: Original case, with silver name plate: W. Mountcastle.
Double reverse pressure leaf springs. Lip plate, possibly original. Silver-lined blocks and pin.
Condition: Head joint, upper section, cracked. Part of upper C key block missing.
4 sections, tuning slide in head.
Mark Additional: Mark on upper body. Mark on head: C. Nicholson's / Improved (cursive). Mark on lower, foot: T. Prowse, / London. (cursive)
Location: M03.
Materials: Cocus, silver and/or silver-plate cap, keys, and lavishly machine-knurled ferrules. Silver lip plate. Animal horn (ebonite?) embouchure bushing.
Mark Maximum: C. Nicholson's, / Improved. / 3921 / T. Prowse, / Hanway Street, / London. (cursive)
Instrument type: Flute in C
description source: Description based on: Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.
Provenance: J. Clayton Boyes, Bushey, England, 1 May 1926.

66.05 cm

1 musical instrument

London: 1816