Haynes D-Flat Piccolo
date: label: date made
content: 1919
name: label: maker
content: Haynes, William S.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This piccolo was made by William S. Haynes in Boston, Massachusetts. in 1919. It is a D-flat piccolo made of grenadilla with silver keys, serial #4120. The piccolo is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>WM. S. HAYNES<br>BOSTON MASS.<br>4120<br>U. S.<br>Q. M. C.</p>
label: Description
content: <p> This piccolo was used by the donor's father, Mr. William F. Maxfield (1913-1995) as a member of the North High School Band in Columbus, Ohio from which he graduated in 1930. The instrument has been in the family until it was donated to the museum in 2018.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>In the early half of the last century Marine Field Bands received their musical instruments from a variety of sources that were purchased through the Army Quartermaster Corps. These instruments were marked "U.S.M.Q.C." Though dated 1919, this instrument is a type that was used by Marine Corps Field Bands, but only briefly for a period of about one year. The change in international/concert pitch in 1920 resulted in Marine Bands to get rid of lower pitched instruments that they were playing, including to this piccolo.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Flutes
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Alice Maxfield
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0005.01
label: accession number
content: 2018.0005
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0005.01
label: serial number
content: 4120
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piccolo
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: grenadilla (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 1 in x 1 in; 30.48 cm x 2.54 cm x 2.54 cm