My friend bought an old house and in a window seat she found an open holed black wooden piccolo (6 holes and two keys). It has an amazing sound - very sweet and clear. The repair shop said it was a D piccolo and was probably from about 1880 - 1900. Does anyone know where I would go to find a fingering chart for it? I`d love to learn how to play it and I could figure it out on my own but I`d just rather have the chart. Any help would be appreciated.

I think what you have may be more correctly termed a fife. <P>Some general information:<BR>http://www.saundrecs.co.uk/fifes.htm

<P>And some fingering:
<BR>http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/tinwhistle/<P>Do a google search on fife for a lot more sites.

Sorry about all the HTML. I thought I was in a different forum where this was necessary. Rewritten:

I think what you have may be more correctly termed a fife.

Some general nformation:
http://www.saundrecs.co.uk/fifes.htm

And some fingering:
http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/tinwhistle/

Do a google search on fife for a lot more sites.