B-Flat Flugelhorn
date: label: date made
content: 1878 - 1882
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This flugelhorn was made around 1878 to 1882 and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is an B-flat flugelhorn, over-the shoulder model, made of German silver with 3 string-action rotary valves. This flugelhorn has an engraved medallion:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>TRADE<br> J.H.F.<br>NY&C<br>Mark</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 cornet (#5033), for $19.80.</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.055586
label: catalog number
content: 55586
label: accession number
content: 11535
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Flugelhorn
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: german silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 24 in; 19.05 cm x 11.43 cm x 60.96 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/8 in x 6 1/2 in x 23 1/4 in; 11.1125 cm x 16.51 cm x 59.055 cm
label: Measurements
content: bell: 11 cm; 4 11/32 in