E-Flat Contrabass Horn
date: label: date made
content: 1978 - 1882
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This contrabass horn was made around 1878 to 1882 and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is an E-Flat contrabass horn, over-the shoulder model, made of German 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 contrabass (#5038), for $45.75.</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.055590
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55590
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tuba
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: German silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 51 1/2 in x 12 1/2 in x 10 in; 130.81 cm x 31.75 cm x 25.4 cm