DCM 0763: Anonymous, Japanese(?) PiccoloFife in C(?)
Summary
DCM ledger: "from Japan?" See "Fife vs. Band Flute."
Instrument type: Piccolo/Fife in C(?)
Medium: Copper alloy with bright nickel plate.; 32 cm.
Key Holes System: 2/8 holes (including double hole for finger 2). Fingering scheme similar to Giorgi model requiring fingertips to cover an open hole. DCM ledger: "Skilfully designed for European scale. Perhaps of European origin."
Mark Maximum: No mark.
Provenance: Isamu Hirabayashi, Tokyo, Japan, 17 Jan. 1928.
The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.
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