DCM 1594: Riviere & Hawkes French Flageolet

See DCM 430.
Instrument type: French Flageolet
Medium: Cocus, nickel silver keys and ferrules. Beak of plastic or celluloid.; 36 cm.
Key Holes System: 2/4 holes plus 5 keys, the upper thumbhole is bushed with nickel silver. Modern post and rod style keys, 2 on the fingerhole joint, 3 on the fipple section. The cast or machined key mount for the 2 long keys is a solid nickel silver block and serves as both fulcrum and alignment guide and is silver soldered to the lower fipple joint ferrule.
Mark Maximum: RIVIERE & HAWKES / 28. LEICESTER SQRE / LONDON
Mark Additional: Mark on sponge chamber.
Condition: Bottom ferrule missing.
Provenance: Source not known.

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.