American Fife
date: label: Date made
content: 1850 - 1860
name: label: unspecified
content: U.S. War Department
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This fife was made by an unknown maker in the United States, around 1850-1860. It is a United States Army Regulation fife in A-flat, made of maple with brass ferrules.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of War Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.219178
label: catalog number
content: 219178
label: accession number
content: 40430
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fife
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: maple (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 15/16 in x 3/4 in; 43.02125 cm x 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: top brass ferrule: 2.4 cm; 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: bottom brass ferrule: 2.4 cm; 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: inside of bore: 1.2 cm; 15/32 in
label: Measurements
content: outside, bottom end after ferrule: 1.7 cm; 21/32 in
label: Measurements
content: outside, at embouchure: 2 cm; 25/32 in
label: Measurements
content: outside, at top after ferrule: 1.75 cm; 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: embouchure hole: 9 mm; 11/32 in
label: Measurements
content: finger holes, each: 6 mm; 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: distance from bottom of embouchure to end: 34 cm; 13 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: bottom of embouchure to top of 1st hole: 14.35 cm; 5 21/32 in
label: Measurements
content: bottom of list hole to top, 2nd hole: 2.1 cm; 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: bottom of hole 2 to top of hole 3: 2 cm; 25/32 in
label: Measurements
content: bottom of hole 3 to top of hole 4: 1.95 cm; 25/32 in
label: Measurements
content: bottom of hole 4 to top of hole 5: 1.95 cm; 25/32 in
label: Measurements
content: bottom of hole 5 to top of hole 6: 1.75 cm; 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: bottom of hole 6 to end: 6.3 cm; 2 15/32 in