Martin Frères 4-Keyed Flageolet
date: label: Date made
content: 1878 - 1880
name: label: maker
content: Martin Freres
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flageolet was made by Martin Frères in Paris, France, around 1878 to 1880, and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is a 4-keyed flageolet in D made of boxwood with an ivory beak and ferrules, and German silver keys. This flageolet is stamped:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>[bee]<br>MARTIN FRES<br>A PARIS<br>MF</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 flageolet (#5438), as listed in an 1880 J. Howard Foote catalog, sold for $6.00.</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
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.055637
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flageolet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: boxwood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 1/2 in x 1 3/8 in; 39.37 cm x 3.4925 cm