E-Flat Althorn
date: label: Date made
content: 1878 - 1882
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This althorn was made around 1878 to 1882 and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is an E-flat althorn, over-the shoulder model, made of German silver with 3 string-action rotary valves. This althorn has an engraved medallion:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>J.H.F.<br>NY&C</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 horn (#5034), for $24.80.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
setName: label: See more items in
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.055587
label: catalog number
content: 55587
label: accession number
content: 11535
objectType: label: Object Name
content: althorn
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass, nickel-plated (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 72.9 cm x 17.8 cm; x 28 11/16 in x 7 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 7/8 in x 10 in x 7 in; 73.3425 cm x 25.4 cm x 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 17.8 cm; 7 in