Fife in B-flat [A-flat]
Maker
Firth Pond & Co.
Date1847-1863 ca.
Place MadeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedStamped: FIRTH POND & Co. / N-YORK (very faint)MarkingsStamped between embouchure hole and first fingerhole: B
DescriptionOne-piece body of dark-colored wood, with nickel-silver ferrules. Cylindrical bore. Tapered profile with swell at embouchure, and fingerholes of uniform size. Oval embouchure hole.
DimensionsOverall length: 427mm
Acoustical length: 344mm
Maximum swell diameter: 20.1mm
Bore: 11.4mm
ProvenanceDonated by Lynn and Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 2023.
Credit LineGift of Lynn and Steve Dillon, 2023
Object number15307
On View
Not on view1850-1950 ca.
1850-1950 ca.
1850-1950 ca.
1850-1950 ca.