B-Flat Baritone Horn
date: label: date made
content: 1878 - 1882
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This baritone horn was made around 1878 to 1882 and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is a B-flat baritone horn, over-the shoulder model, made of nickel silver with 3 string-action rotary valves. This instrument horn has an engraved medallion:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>TRADE<br> J.H.F.<br>NY&C<br>Mark</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Brass instruments bearing the medallion of J. Howard Foote were likely made for him by the firm of John Stratton or other factories in New York City.</p>
label: Description
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 an American Military Band Style baritone (#5036), for $29.80.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
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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.055589
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55589
objectType: label: Object Name
content: horn
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: German silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: horn: 8 5/8 in x 11 5/8 in x 37 3/4 in; 21.9075 cm x 29.5275 cm x 95.885 cm
label: Measurements
content: mouthpiece: 1 3/8 in x 1 3/8 in x 3 3/16 in; 3.4925 cm x 3.4925 cm x 8.09625 cm