Photo of DCM 0249: Monzani Flute in C - Public domain dedication

One of a set of three flutes (DCM 249, 250, 251).
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Cocus, silver keys, and silver-lined sockets, wood tuning spacer ferrule.; 66.1. cm., 67 cm. with spacer
Key Holes System: 7 keys, foot to C. Square flaps stamped with crown.
Mark Maximum: 6 / (crown) / MONZANI / 3 OLD BOND STR. / LONDON / 213 // (crown) / MONZANI / LONDON
Mark Additional: Mark on body. Mark on head: (crown) / MONZANI / LONDON. Mark on foot: (crown) / 1809. Body ferrules: PATENT. Spacer: (crown) / 4. Keys also stamped with (crown).
Case: Case holds all three flutes. Mahogany case, brass corners and escutcheon, with swabs and grease box. Case contains cocuswood head joint tenon cap (marked: (crown) / patent) for protecting and keeping clean the head joint tenon, and also contains the spacer ferrule kept in position on itself with a wooden screw cap (marked: (crown)).
Provenance: J. Clayton Boyes, Bushey, England, 8 May 1922.

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.