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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.

  • Date:
    Mid-to-late 19th century
  • Maker:
    Ebblewhite, John Henry [Person]
  • Collection:
    Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
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  • Place of production:
    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.