DCM 0056: Anonymous Piccolo in C

Instrument type: Piccolo in C

Medium: Wood, dark, and lacquered, nickel silver keys and ferrules.; 30.3 cm.

Key Holes System: Simple system, 6 keyed (or 12 keyed; the principal rank fingerholes covered with keys), post and rod with modern style key cups.

Mark Maximum: No mark.

Case: Original or period case, red leather covered, with silver key cover and cleaning rod.

Provenance: Pawn shop, Chicago, 26 Jan. 1917.

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.