DCM 0179: Maino & Orsi Flute in C
Summary
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Ebonite, nickel silver ferrules.; 53cm.
Key Holes System: Giorgi system, to low D. See DCM 112.
Mark Maximum: MAINO E ORSI / MILANO (inside oval shield) / DI / PROF. R. ORSI / MO (monogram)
Mark Additional: Mark on upper body. Mark on head: CT Giorgi (cursive)
Provenance: Louis Rossi, New York, 25 May 1921.
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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