DCM 1069: Georg Ottensteiner Flute in C

Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Boxwood, boxwood cap and head joint threaded cork-setting mechanism, nickel silver keys, ivory ferrules.; 63.2 cm.
Key Holes System: 7 keys, foot to C#, round flaps, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: (5-pointed star) / OTTENSTEINER (inverted U contour) / A MÜNCHEN
Mark Additional: Mark on head, body, foot.
Provenance: Sigmund Koch, Munich, 18 Aug. 1931.

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.