DCM 0667: Thomas Lot III Piccolo in D (C)

Instrument type: Piccolo in D (C)
Medium: Boxwood, brass keys, animal horn ferrules.; 33.2 cm.
Key Holes System: 1 key, square (slightly trapezoid), pin in block.
Mark Maximum: (sun with face) / LOT / A PARIS. / * (5-pointed star)
Mark Additional: Mark on head. Mark on body joints: (sun with face) / A PARIS. / * (5-pointed star). Mark on foot: A PARIS. / * (5-pointed star). Also on head, stained: "P.B."
Condition: Lower body joint socket cracked, missing portion and missing ferrule. Foot joint ferrules cracked.
Provenance: André Rossignol, Paris, 13 Sept. 1926.

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.