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DCM 0030: Firth Hall & Pond Piccolo in E-flat (F)

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DCM 0030: Firth Hall & Pond Piccolo in E-flat (F)

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Instrument type: Piccolo in E-flat (F)
Medium: Boxwood, brass key, bone(?) cap and ferrules.; 28.15 cm.
Key Holes System: 1 key, round flat flap, pin in block.
Mark Maximum: FIRTH HALL & POND / FRANKLIN SQE / N-YORK / F
Mark Additional: Mark on upper section. Lower section marked: FIRTH HALL & POND / N-YORK
Condition: Key block broken off at pin line on both sides, the parts still present. Dome-shaped cap is not original and, if made from bone, was turned from a non-hollow length.
Provenance: Estate of Joseph Fischer, Cleveland, Ohio, 2 Mar. 1913.

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.

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Date

1700 - 1900
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new york
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