Piccolo flute
Maker
Rudall, Carte & Company
Date1893 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.2998
SignedStamped on upper body: RUDALL / CARTE & Co / 23 BERNERS STREET / OXFORD STREET / LONDON / 2998Stamped 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
1910-1920 ca.
