Piccolo
second half 19th century
Medium
Wood, metal
Dimensions
Total L. 31.2 cm.; Cap: 5 mm.; Head 12.7 cm.; Body 18 cm; Embouchure 10.8 s 9.4 mm.; Center embouchure to end: 26 cm; Bore Diam. top-bottom: head 11.-11.2 mm; Body 10.2-8.5 mm. Hole diam. / Distance from embouchure center to hole center D# trill: 5.3 mm. / 96 mm. D trill: 5.3 mm. / 106 mm. C# 5.0 mm. / 116 mm. C linked: 5.0 ; 5.0 mm. / 125; 137 mm. B: 5.3 mm. / 136 mm. A ring: 5.1 mm. / 147 mm. A vent: 6.5 mm. / 158 mm. G#: 6.5 mm. / 158 mm. G: 6.5 mm. / 167 mm. F#: 6.5 mm. / 180 mm. F ring: 6.5 mm. / 191 mm. E ring: 6.5 mm. / 205 mm. E ring: 6.5 mm. / 221 mm. D#: 7.7 mm. / 236 mm.
Classification
Aerophone-Blow Hole-side-blown flute (transverse)
Culture
France
Department
Musical Instruments
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of the Perry family, in memory of Robert Gutberlet and Florence Gutberlet Perry, 1984
Accession Number
1984.52a, b