Title: Piccolo
Object type: Piccolo
Date: second half 19th century
Culture: France
Artist:  Louis Lot 
Artist bio: French, La Couture 1807–1896 Chatou
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Maker
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
Geography:  Paris   France      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY