/ MÜNCHEN Марк Дефо, а не создатель. DCM 49: Фабрика в B-flat (?)

DCM ledger: "Army fife. German pattern, recent." Cap and cork mechanism unusually elaborate, consisting of elegantly formed (spun) nickel silver cap over wooden shaft terminating in 17-millimeter-long cork mounted on machine threaded brass pin terminating in an almost-bore diameter brass disk which functions as the cork face. Due to the 7th fingerhole and a conical bore, the intended or best nomenclature for this instrument is uncertain. See "Fife vs. Band Flute."
Instrument type: Fife in B-flat(?) (See Notes.)
Medium: Grenadilla(?), nickel silver cap and end ferrules.; 37.3 cm.
Key Holes System: 0/7 holes, 7th hole is elevated. Conical bore.
Mark Maximum: (stamp, or seal, with bird design, encircled with SCHUTZMARKE) / MUSIKHAUS KOCH. / MÜNCHEN
Mark Additional: Mark of dealer, not maker.
Condition: Missing cork.
Provenance: Sigmund Koch, Munich, 8 Sept. 1926.

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.