German Accordion
date: label: Date made
content: 1878 - 1882
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This accordion was made in Germany around 1878 to 1882 and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It has 3 keys on the bass side, 10 buttons on the treble side, and 2 stops. It has a metal cut-out:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>NE PLUS ULTRA<br>ACCORDEAN<br>PATENT</p>
label: Description (Brief)
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 a German Accordeon (#5520), for $9.30.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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.055643
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55643
objectType: label: Object Name
content: accordion
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, nickel-plated (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth, enameled (bellows material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 5/8 in x 14 in x 12 1/2 in; 19.3675 cm x 35.56 cm x 31.75 cm