DCM 1584: Moritz-Max Mönnig Flute in C
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Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Grenadilla, silver head, keys, and ferrules. Ebonite Schwedlermundloch.; 70.6 cm.
Key Holes System: Schwedler reform system, later pattern. See DCM 62, for similar key design description. Double toneholes for first 5 fingers, automatic. In addition to DCM 62, this model also offers F for the first finger right hand roller mechanism, plus, the usual long and short F key, and low D-natural vent key.
Mark Maximum: D.R.G.M. / 787509 / 1986 / MORITZ MAX MÖNNIG / LEIPZIG / SCHWEDLER-REFORM
Mark Additional: Mark on head. Upper: MORITZ MAX MÖNNIG / LEIPZIG / D.R.G.M. / 685352. Foot: 1986 / MORITZ MAX MÖNNIG / LEIPZIG / D.R.G.M. / 660124.
Condition: Small crack at foot joint socket.
Provenance: Alois J. Schardt, Los Angeles, Aug. 1957.
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.
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