E♭ piccolo. Nominal pitch: D♭.

Friedrich Kulow

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Instrument

Piccolo flute

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Friedrich Kulow

Place Made

Magdeburg ; Europe ; Central Europe ; Germany

Date Made

1879-1939

Description

Technical description: Blackwood body; german silver head, tuning-slide section, keys, cap, and ferrule at foot; ebonite Schwedler embouchure-plate screwed on; oval embouchure-hole; corks beneath keytouches; screw-stopper; G♯ hole on nearside. 7 keys. L0: B♭. L1: T. L2: T. L3: T. L4: G♯; long F. R1: T; C; D trill. R2: T. R3: T; cross F. R4: D♯. Keymount type: rod/pillar; leaf springs except for D♯ (needle). Keyhead type: cylinder cup. Overall size: 301 mm Sounding length: embouchure to foot, 255 mm Bore: conical Stamped "6" / lyre / "KULOW / MAGDEBURG" / star. Along body: stamped "WERKKAPELLE / NIEHUS u. DÜTTING / NORDHORN". Performance characteristics: Range D⁴ - B♭⁶ (sounding E♭⁵ - B⁷). Plays well throughout range. Usable pitch: Sounding A⁴ = c 448 Hz. A set with piccolo (1548) and reform system flute (1546).

Notes

E. Smith, 1986.

Measurements

301.

Provenance

At one time the property of the works band of Niehus u. Dütting, Nordhorn, Germany. ; Purchased in 1981.

Collection

Mickleburgh Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

1547