Photo of DCM 0067: Rampone Piccolo in C - Public domain dedication

Instrument type: Piccolo in C
Medium: Cocus, stained and varnished dark, nickel silver keys and ferrules.; 32.1 cm.
Key Holes System: 7 keys (7th key for high D trill), round, post and rod.
Mark Maximum: (tuning-fork with leaves) / RAMPONE / MILANO / BREVATTATO / ER (monogram). Mark on foot: C LP // D[?]4217
Mark Additional: Mark on both head joints and body.
Case: Period case, marked (in gold lettering on the lid inner silk lining): The Tosi Music Company / BOSTON MASS. Velvet-lined bottom with gold decorative paper.
Provenance: Pawn shop, San Francisco, 5 Sept. 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.