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Fife, A-flat
Distributor: Klemm & Brother
Maker: attributed to G. & A. Klemm
Date: 1855-1870 ca.
Place Made:Markneukirchen (Neukirchen), Germany, Europe
Place Distributed:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
Serial No: none
SignedStamped on body: KLEMM & BRO / PHILAD
Markingsnone
DescriptionTropical hardwood with nickel-silver ferrules. This instrument might have been made by G. & A. Klemm in Neukirchen and distributed by Klemm & Bro. in Philadelphia, as was the case with many wind instruments marked "Klemm & Bro."
DimensionsOverall length: 420 mm
Sounding length: 345 mm
Embouchure: 9.1 x 8.2 mm
Sounding length: 345 mm
Embouchure: 9.1 x 8.2 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesShrine to Music Museum Newsletter, October 1981, p. 1.
Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter, January 1982, p. 4.
Shrine to Music Museum Pictorial Souvenir, p. 54 (1988).
Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter, January 1982, p. 4.
Shrine to Music Museum Pictorial Souvenir, p. 54 (1988).
Object number: 02771