Geman Concertina
date: label: date made
content: 1878 - 1882
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This concertina was made in Germany around 1878 to 1882 and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It has 10 buttons on each side.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This instrument listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, sold as a German Concertina (#5568), for $7.20.</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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
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.055645
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55645
objectType: label: Object Name
content: concertina
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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content: leather (overall material)
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content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 7 5/8 in x 6 3/4 in; 16.51 cm x 19.3675 cm x 17.145 cm