DCM 0778: Emilio Piana Flute in C

According to Langwill, Giulio Briccialdi was inventor of the Briccialdi system flute. Briccialdi system flute was built by Piana for Brizzi & Niccolai in 1870.
Instrument type: Flute in C
Medium: Nickel silver.; 66.4 cm.
Key Holes System: Briccialdi system, cylindrical, with Boehm full venting principles. See DCM 178. Modified 8-key instrument with 16 keys covering the principal rank toneholes including LH 1st finger which is a single hole nearly the diameter of the tonehole. All keys are full covered plate, except LH little finger D#. LH (old system) principal rank keys include the Siccama finger 3 principal, although operating 2 keys at once, as open G# until closed. The RH also has a Siccama extended key principal, but moved to the 4th hole (RH 1st finger) instead of finger 6 to close the G hole. F-natural can be fingered old system (RH 1, 2) or forked fingering. Foot to C, roller.
Mark Maximum: SISTEMA BRICCIALDI / BREVATTATO / --- / BRIZZI E NICCOLAI / FIRENZE / --- / E. PIANA FABBte
Mark Additional: Mark on plaque on barrel. Mark on upper : 1420. Engraved on head: PABLO E. AGUIRRE / PLATA / (flourish).
Provenance: Pablo Colon, New York, 2 May 1928.

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.