8-key Flute (Bilton)

Flute made of blackwood, silver, plastic, cork, pads. Features maker’s stamp which says “C. Gerock 79 Cornhill London” and a unicorn insignia.

For further information, see sections titled “Early Nineteenth-Century London Makers” and “Clementi and the Nicholson Flute” in Jeremy Sexton’s blog post, Boehm’s Ghost: A Vicarious Portrait of a Flute Maker in London.