Fife in B-flat [A-flat]
Date1850-1950 ca.
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsHand-carved on embouchure plate: TRC or TCR [monogram]
Handscribed on embouchure plate, superimposed: R. THIELE (?)
DescriptionOne-piece body of dark-colored wood, with seamed nickel-silver ferrules. Cylindrical bore. Tapered profile with swell at embouchure, and fingerholes of uniform size. Metal embouchure plate with oval hole.
DimensionsOverall length: 414mm
Acoustical length: 345mm
Maximum swell diameter: 20.3mm
Bore: 10mm
ProvenanceDonated by Lynn and Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 2023.
Credit LineGift of Lynn and Steve Dillon, 2023
Object number15259
On View
Not on view1850-1950 ca.
1850-1950 ca.
1850-1950 ca.
1850-1950 ca.
1850-1950 ca.
1850-1950 ca.