Piccolo flute, D-flat
Date1918
Place MadeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Serial No.4659
SignedWM. S. HAYNES / BOSTON. MASS. / 4659(stamped on body between socket and first key)
MarkingsNone
Description2 sections: headjoint and body with integral foot. African blackwood body with sterling silver keywork and ferrules. Conical bore. Simple system with 12 keys. Closed-hole (or plateau) keys. G and G-sharp keys separate.
Dimensions(excluding tenons)
Total assembled length: 306 mm / 12.037 ''
Head: 117.5 mm / 4.628 ''
Body: 183 mm / 7.205 ''
Internal diameter at cap end: 10.6 mm / 0.418 ''
Internal diameter at foot end: 9 mm / 0.355 ''
Embouchure hole diameter
longitudinal: 10.8 mm / 0.427 ''
latitudinal: 9.2 mm / 0.362 ''
ProvenancePreviously owned and played professionally by donor's father, Frank L. Reed (1899-1984), between 1918 and 1923, while touring the U.S. and Canada on the Chautauqua summer tours with several concert bands, including the Bohumir Kryl Concert Band, the Ralph Dunbar White Hussar Concert Band, and the Al Sweet Band. This piccolo was purchased by his family about 1917 or 1918 and used by Reed in the following years when he was still in school in Bedford, Indiana. Reed owned the instrument until his death in 1984 when they were bequeathed to his son, Charles V. Reed.
Frank L. Reed worked for the C. G. Conn Company between 1937 and 1957. In 1954-56 he was President of the American Music Conference. He became Executive Vice President of the National Piano Association in Chicago, Illinois, in 1957. In 1965, he returned to Elkhart and joined the Buescher Band Instrument Company, and shortly thereafter purchased the GHW Company (a distributor of percussion instruments) from its founder, George H. Way. He continued the activity until shortly before his death in 1984. Reed was also active in several music trade organizations.
Credit LineGift of Charles V. Reed, 2003
Object number10461
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