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, helicon model, made of German silver with 3 string-action side-action rotary valves. This instrument horn 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.</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
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.055591
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55591
objectType: label: Object Name
content: althorn
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: nickel (trim material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/8 in x 26 in x 25 1/2 in; 18.0975 cm x 66.04 cm x 64.77 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 17.8 cm; 7 in
label: Measurements
content: coil: 23 3/4 in; 60.325 cm