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E♭ piccolo.
Technical description: cocus; 3 sections; german silver keys; 4 german silver ferrules, including heavy foot ferrule; heavy german silver cap with finial; metal-lined head; tuning-slide; rounded rectangular embouchure-hole; german silver lip-plate set into wood and encircling head; wide german silver bushes to all finger-holes.; Nominal pitch: D♭.; Type or system: 6 keys.; Keyhead type: domed cup.; Keymount type: rod/pillar, with leaf springs.; Usable pitch: sounding A₄ c|452|Hz; probably intended to play at British Army Regulation pitch (1878), A₄ 451.9|Hz.; Performance characteristics: [original range D₄|-|A₆ (sounding E♭₅|-|B♭₇)]; in present condition only speaks clearly in middle register.
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Mid-to-late 19th century - Maker:
Ebblewhite, John Henry [Person] - Collection:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Inventory number:
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Probably England. - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:421.121.12
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- Inscriptions:Stamped with a large motif of a soldier playing a fife, and "TRADE MARK".
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:421.121.12
- Repository:Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Measurements:Overall size: 312.; Sounding length: 253.; Bore: conical.