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Piccolo

ca. 1895
Not on view
A conical flute with ring keys. Cylindrical piccolos (designed by Boehm in 1862) did not catch on; conical versions of this kind and simple-system piccolos were used instead.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Piccolo
  • Maker: successors to Theodore Berteling
  • Date: ca. 1895
  • Geography: New York, New York, United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Wood, metal
  • Dimensions: Length: 30.4cm
    Embouchure length: 26cm
  • Classification: Aerophone-Blow Hole-side-blown flute (transverse)
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Gifts of Samuel and Eva Eisenstein and Helen C. Lanier, by exchange, 1983
  • Object Number: 1983.267
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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