Fife in B-flat [A-flat]
Maker
Healy Fife Company
Date1993-2010 ca.
Place MadeEast Greenwich, Rhode Island, United States, North America
Serial No.762
SignedStamped: HF [monogram] CO / E. G. R. I.MarkingsStamped on back of ferrule on body socket: 762 Bb
DescriptionTwo-piece body and headjoint of dark-colored wood, with short silver ferrules and wooden endcap. Cylindrical bore. Straight profile with no swell, and fingerholes of varying size. Ten fingerholes. Squared round embouchure hole. Metal tuning slide.
DimensionsOverall length: 377mm
Acoustical length: 335mm
Maximum swell diameter: 20.8mm
Top bore: 12.3mm
Bottom bore: 13.6mm
Joint bore: 13.6mm
ProvenanceDonated by Lynn and Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 2023.
Credit LineGift of Lynn and Steve Dillon, 2023
Object number15279
On View
Not on view1850-1900 ca.
1850-1950 ca.
1850-1950 ca.
1850-1950 ca.
1850-1900 ca.