1-Keyed Flageolet
date: label: Date made
content: 1878 - 1880
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flageolet was made by an undetermined maker in Germany, around 1878 to 1880, and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is a 1-keyed flageolet in B-flat made of grenadilla with an ivory beak, and German silver ferrules and key. There are 7 fingerholes and 1 thumbhole.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This make and style of flageolet (#5432), as listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, sold for $36.00 per dozen.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Howard Foote
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.055636
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55636
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flageolet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: grenadilla (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: German silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 46.99 cm x 3.81 cm