Flute, C
Maker
Tebaldo Monzani & Co.
Date1812-1814 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.1043
SignedOn upper body: [crown] / MONZANI & CO / 24 DOVER ST / LONDON / 1043On head and on lower body: [Crown] / MONZANI & CO
MarkingsOn key heads: [crown]
On lower body: [crown] / PATENT / KEYS
DescriptionBoxwood body in thee sections (lower middle joint and foot are integral). Seven silver keys mounted on turned ring and turned blocks. Key heads are of a design patented by Monzani in 1807: the pads consist of a flat piece of leather pierced by a screw attached to the key head, and secured by a disc-like button. The tenons on this instrument point downwards (in other words, the head joint carries a tenon instead of the usual socket). Ivory ferrules
DimensionsOverall length: 636 mm (25 in) (without cap, as it is missing)
Embouchure: 10 mm (0.394 in) x 9.3 mm (0.366 in)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesKreitzer, Amy, "Serial Numbers and Hallmarks on Flutes from the Workshop of Monzani & Hill," Galpin Society Journal 48 (1995): 168-180, esp. 171.
Kreitzer, Amy Shaw, Transverse Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, M.M. Thesis (University of South Dakota, 1993), p. 135, 136, 140, 143-145, 281, 285 (serial no. 1043), 290.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02490
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