Fiske Flugelhorn
date: label: date made
content: 1870-1880
name: label: maker
content: Fiske, Isaac
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flugelhorn was made by Isaac Fiske in Worcester, Massachusetts, around 1870-1880. It is a flugelhorn in E-Flat, made of nickel-plated brass, with 3 string-action rotary valves. While this instrument was probably sold as a cornet, its bore indicates a combination flugelhorn/cornet, but more like a flugelhorn. This flugelhorn is engraved:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>ISAAC FISKE<br>MAKER<br>WORCESTER MASS</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Isaac Fiske (1820-1894) established his firm in 1842 in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 1887, on his retirement, Fiske sold his company to G.C. Conn.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
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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 Ross E. Stones
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.66.459
label: catalog number
content: 66.459
label: accession number
content: 264379
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flugelhorn
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: nickel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: flugelhorn: 4 5/8 in x 7 in x 12 1/8 in; 11.7475 cm x 17.78 cm x 30.7975 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 2 3/8 in x 1 1/16 in; 6.0325 cm x 2.69875 cm