Musette Oboe
date: label: Date made
content: 1883
name: label: maker
content: Martin Freres
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This musette was made by Martin Frères in Paris, France, 1883 and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is a musette made of boxwood with ivory ferrules. This instrument is stamped:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>[bee]<br>MARTIN FRES<br>A PARIS</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 musette (#5410) listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, sold for $3.00.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.072845
label: accession number
content: 12809
label: catalog number
content: 72845
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oboe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: boxwood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 37 cm; 14 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 9/16 in x 1 9/16 in; 36.98875 cm x 3.96875 cm