Fife, A-flat
Distributor
Klemm & Brother
Date1855-1870 ca.
Place MadeMarkneukirchen (Neukirchen), Germany, Europe
Place DistributedPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on body: KLEMM & BRO / PHILADMarkingsnone
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
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
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).
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02771
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