Metronome
date: label: date made
content: 1878 - 1882
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This metronomewas made by and unknown maker in France, around 1878 to 1882, and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is made of mahogany, with Maelzel’s improved scale, and with a bell.</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 metronome (#6801), for $9.00.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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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.055710
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55710
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Metronome
label: Object Name
content: metronome
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, mahogany (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 11/16 in x 4 3/4 in x 4 5/16 in; 22.06625 cm x 12.065 cm x 10.95375 cm