DCM 1173: Luigi Vanotti Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Cocus, silver plate keys and ferrules.; 71.9 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm system, to low B with touchpiece for either finger plus alternate D# (which requires rotating foot joint when needed).
Mark Maximum: (treble clef on staff lines) / L. VANOTTI / MILANO / BREVETTO / LV (monogram)
Mark Additional: Mark on head and upper body.
Condition: Missing thumb keys, upper trill keys, and one clutch adjustment screw. Crack in head joint, previously shimmed. Original embouchure hole apparently damaged. DCM ledger: "Embouchure now has an inlay of black wood with extra large hole."
Provenance: Allen Loomis, Elkhart, Indiana, Feb. 1933.

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.