DCM 0279: Maino & Orsi Piccolo in C

Head cap and lower body ferrule engraved with leaf motif. The material of this instrument is no better suited to crack prevention than is ivory, for on Nov. 28, 1922, Miller notes: "Head cracked...six weeks after receipt!"
Instrument type: Piccolo in C
Medium: Imitation ivory, composite material, with silver-plated brass end caps, keys, and ferrules. Head joint metal-lined with tuning slide.; 32 cm.
Key Holes System: 6 keys, modern style key cups, post and rod, direct mount.
Mark Maximum: (crown) / MAINO E ORSI (inside oval) / DI / PROF. R. ORSI / MO (monogram)
Mark Additional: Mark on barrel. Mark on head: (crown) / MAINO E ORSI / MILANO (inside oval / MO (monogram). Upper: MO / MAINO E ORSI / MILANO / (5-pointed star)
Condition: Head joint, both sections, cracked.
Provenance: G. Meriggioli, Milan, 10 Oct. 1922.

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.