DCM 1026: Moritz-Max Mönnig Flute in C

DCM ledger, Valderpoort letter to DCM, 23 July 1930: "...the only Schwedler-Reform Flute entirely made of metal. This flute was made for Mr. Schwedler by Mönnig in Leipzig as a mark of gratitude. However as Mr. Schwedler did not approve of a metal flute it was replaced by a wooden one."
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Silver-plated brass (tube), ebonite Schwedlermundloch raised wing embouchure plate (see DCM 62) and rollers.; 71.65 cm.
Key Holes System: Schwedler Reform flute, conical, foot to B.
Mark Maximum: 1536 // MORITZ MAX MÖNNIG / LEIPZIG / GERMANY
Mark Additional: Mark on head, barrel. Mark on upper: SCHWEDLER- REFORM / D.R.G.M. / 718698 / 685352. Foot: D.R.G.M. / 660124
Provenance: W. Valderpoort, Rotterdam, 6 Nov. 1930.

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.