Post Horn
date: label: date made
content: 1878 - 1882
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This post horn, also marketed as a military trumpet, was made in the United States around 1878 to 1882 and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is made of brass.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>John Howard Foote (1833-1896) was a musical instrument dealer with shops in New York City and Chicago. This make and style of post horn (#5170), as listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, sold for $16.20 per dozen.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Trumpets
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.072877
label: accession number
content: 12809
label: catalog number
content: 72877
objectType: label: Object Name
content: horn
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 7/8 in x 5 3/4 in x 10 7/8 in; 9.8425 cm x 14.605 cm x 27.6225 cm