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E♭ piccolo. Nominal pitch: D♭.

Technical description: Blackwood; 3 sections (head, tuning-slide section, body); german silver keys; 5 german silver ferrules; tuning-slide; screw-stopper; metal-tipped and cork-lapped tenon; large oval embouchure-hole; unusually long between cap and embouchure-hole; small finger-holes. L0: B?. L1: T. L2: T. L3: T. L4: G?. R1: T; C. R2: T. R3: T; F. R4: D?. Keymount type: rod/pillar. Keyhead type: cylinder cup.

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.12
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:305