DCM 0447: Emil Rittershausen Piccolo in C
Summary
Instrument type: Piccolo in C
Medium: Grenadilla, nickel silver keys and ferrules, metal-lined socket.; 30.3 cm.
Key Holes System: Boehm system, conical, closed G#. Post and rod on ribs.
Mark Maximum: E. RITTENSHAUSEN / BERLIN / CARL FISCHER / NEW-YORK/ 1295 / (6-pointed star)
Mark Additional: Mark on body.
Condition: Head cracked at socket.
Provenance: William S. Haynes, Boston, 11 Nov. 1924.
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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