DCM 0477: Otto Mönnig Flute in C

With wood crutch.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver with silver plate keys, ferrules, ribs, metal-lined sockets and metal upper tenon body joint.; 67.1 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm system, Schleif key, closed G#, grenadilla roller for low C.
Mark Maximum: "GERMANY" / PATENT / 47379 / "Orthoton" // (crown) / ** (5-pointed stars) / OTTO MÖNNIG / LEIPZIG / OM (monogram) / 150
Mark Additional: Mark on body. Mark on head: (crown) / ** / OTTO MÖNNIG / LEIPZIG / "Orthoton" / OM (monogram) / 150. Foot: "Orthoton" / 150
Case: Case is inscribed on silk inside, marked with medals won, awards received.
Provenance: Baxter-Northup Co., Los Angeles, 9 June 1925.

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.