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Piccolo flute
Piccolo flute
Piccolo flute

Piccolo flute

Date1893 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.2998
SignedStamped on upper body: RUDALL / CARTE & Co / 23 BERNERS STREET / OXFORD STREET / LONDON / 2998
Stamped on head joint: [crown] / RUDALL / CARTE & Co / LONDON
MarkingsStamped on head joint near cap: M
DescriptionCocus-wood piccolo in two sections with integral foot. Patented "Boehm and Carte Systems Combined": 1867 patent, which concerned an alteration of the right-hand mechanism and combined the most practical fingerings of Carte's 1851 system and Boehm's 1847 system. This model retains the 1851 design for the left hand keys. This piccolo has a matching flute (03791).
DimensionsOverall length: 292 mm
Sounding length: 241 mm
Embouchure: 10.4 x 8.9 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesKreitzer, Amy Shaw, Transverse Flutes by London Makers, 1750-1900, M.M. Thesis (University of South Dakota: 1993), pp. 226, 245-247.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number03792
On View
Not on view
Flute, C
Rudall, Carte & Company
1890-1894 between
Conn-O-Sax, F
C. G. Conn, Ltd.
1929 ca.
Bassoon, C
Rudall, Rose, Carte & Company
1854-1871 ca.
Bugle, C, B-flat
Rudall, Rose, Carte & Company
1861
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