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Piccolo. Nominal pitch: C.

Technical description: Rosewood head; ivory tuning-slide section; cocus body and foot (in one piece); 3 sections; german silver keys, superficial bushes to finger-holes, and embouchure-plate; 5 german silver ferrules; metal-lined head; tuning-slide; screw-stopper; slightly oval embouchure-hole; cork-lapped tenon. Keymount type: rod/pillar. Keyhead type: cup. Repair History: Possibly composed of parts of different instruments, but styles very similar.

  • Date:
    Late 19th Century
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    University of Edinburgh
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  • Place of production:
    London/England
  • Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.121.12
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.12
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:294