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• n  a small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute

• The fife must be the genuine article: a primitive piccolo consisting simply of a tube (usually wooden) with six finger holes plus a hole to blow across.
• A doctor plays the piccolo, a dentist the trombone, a poultry farmer the trumpet, a onetime steel puddler the oboe.
• When Il Duce declared war against Ethiopia, il piccolo swiftly calculated: "If we win I shall be King of Abyssinia; if we lose, I shall be King of Italy.

News & Articles

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• Piccolo named chairman of International Airport Council
  Fredrick J. Piccolo, President, CEO, Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority, was named the Chairman of the Airports Council International World Governing Board during its 23rd Annual General Assembly.
  June 11, 2013 - Bradenton Herald
• Piccolo finale flush with dancers of all stripes
  The Piccolo Spoleto finale ended the 2013 festival Saturday with reggae and dancing in Hampton Park.
  June 9, 2013 - The Post and Courier

Quotes

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• Jim Grobe in Tuscaloosa News (subscription)
  Throughout the years without (Wake Forest) having a lot of success year in and year out as a team ...... a lot of times it falls back on individual players that you have to draw pride from,coach Jim Grobe said. "Brian Piccolo is one of the...
• Sayers in Miami Herald
  I love Brian Piccolo, and I'd like all of you to love him,Sayers said that night. "And when you hit your knees to pray tonight, please ask God to love him too."
• James Marsters in MTV.com
  We're going to get to 'Dragonball Z' later,said Marsters, "where Piccolo becomes youthful and he's going to become the Piccolo that most people recognize."