DCM 0250: Monzani Flute in E-flat

One of a set of three flutes (DCM 249, 250, 251).
Instrument type: Flute in E-flat
Medium: Cocus, ivory cork-setting mechanism with silver-mounted shaft, silver keys, ferrules and lined sockets.; 53.3 cm.
Key Holes System: 6 keys, square flaps, stamped with crown (except F (A-flat)) which is a replacement. To low C# (sounding E). No long F.
Mark Maximum: PATENT / (crown) / MONZANI & C° / 24 DOVER ST / LONDON / 1417 // PATENT / (crown) / MONZANI & C°
Mark Additional: Mark on body. Mark on head: (crown) / MONZANI & C°. Two joints hallmarked on silver socket.
Condition: Body joint cracked.
Case: See DCM 249 regarding case.
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.