American Fife
date: label: Date made
content: 1878 - 1882
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This fife was made by an unknown maker in the United States, from 1878 to 1882. It is a C-sharp fife made of rosewood with German silver-plated ferrules..</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 fife listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, were as sold as an American Fife (#7184), for $5.00 per dozen</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
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.055744
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55744
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fife
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rosewood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 15/16 in x 3/4 in; 37.94125 cm x 1.905 cm