Piccolo

Title: Piccolo

Maker: Louis Lot (French, La Couture 1807–1896 Chatou)

Date: second half 19th century

Geography: Paris, France

Culture: France

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)

Credit Line: Gift of the Perry family, in memory of Robert Gutberlet and Florence Gutberlet Perry, 1984

Accession Number: 1984.52a, b