Piccolo. Nominal pitch: C.

Friedrich Kulow

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Instrument

Piccolo flute

Instrument Family

Wind

Maker

Friedrich Kulow

Place Made

Magdeburg ; Germany ; Europe ; Central Europe

Date Made

1879-1939

Description

Technical description: Blackwood body; german silver head, tuning-slide section, cap, keys and foot ferrule; 3 sections; ebonite Schwedler embouchure-plate screwed on; oval embouchure-hole; screw-stopper; tuning-slide; cork beneath keytouches; cork-lapped tenon. 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♯ key (needle). Keyhead type: cylinder cup. Overall size: 311 mm Sounding Length: embouchure to foot, 266 mm Bore: conical Performance characteristics: Range D⁴ - B♭⁶ (sounding D⁵ - B♭⁷). Plays well, except lowest note. Usable pitch: Sounding A⁴ c 449 Hz. Stamped "8" / lyre / "KULOW / MAGDEBURG" / star. Along body stamped "WERKKAPELLE / NIEHUS u. DÜTTING / NORDHORN". With fitted vinyl-covered case and grease pot shared with (1546) and (1547), and protective cap for tenon A set with E ♭ piccolo (1547) and reform system flute (1546).

Notes

E. Smith, 1986.

Measurements

311.

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

1548

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