DCM 0672: A. Osmanek Piccolo in D-flat

Instrument type: Piccolo in D-flat
Medium: Boxwood, brass keys and ferrules, nickel silver hinge tubes.; 29.1 cm.
Key Holes System: 6 keys, modern style key cups, post and rod.
Mark Maximum: · A. OSMANEK · / SCHÖNBACH / · BÖHMEN · (in oval cartouche)
Mark Additional: Mark on barrel.
Condition: Cap missing, head joint barrel cracked.
Provenance: W. C. McQuillen, Los Angeles, 15 Sept. 1926.

The Dayton C. Miller collection in the Library of Congress, contains nearly 1,700 flutes and other wind instruments, statuary, iconography, books, music, trade catalogs, tutors, patents, and other materials mostly related to the flute. It includes both Western and non-Western examples of flutes from around the world, with at least 460 European and American instrument makers represented. Items in the collection date from the 16th to the 20th century.