Piccolo

Jean Martin (French)

about 1925

Object PlaceParis, France

Medium/TechniqueRosewood, ivory, nickel silver

DimensionsLength 29.9 cm (11 3/4 in.)

Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund

Accession number1984.304

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ClassificationsMusical instruments

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InscriptionsStamped on barrel: LOW PITCH / MADE IN FRANCE; stamped on bodyjoint: [maker's mark] / JEAN MARTI[N] / PARIS / [maker's monogram]; incised on inside of headcap: g (or 9 ?)Provenance1984, sold by Douglas Deihl, Northampton, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)