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Fife in B-flat [A-flat]
Date1800-1900 ca.
Serial No.None
SignedNoneMarkingsFragment of brown paper with written in script with pencil and originally taped around body of fife, tape is yellowed and no longer sticky: This fife / property / was used by / during the C / was (illegible)
DescriptionOne-piece body of ebonized, light-colored wood, with brass ferrules. Cylindrical bore. Tapered profile with swell at embouchure, and fingerholes of uniform size. Round embouchure hole.
DimensionsOverall length: 430mm
Acoustical length: 343mm
Maximum swell diameter: 21.9mm
Bore: 10.5mm
ProvenanceDonated by Lynn and Steve Dillon, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 2023.
Credit LineGift of Lynn and Steve Dillon, 2023
Object number15439
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1850-1900 ca.
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1850-1950 ca.
![Fife in B-flat [A-flat]](/internal/media/dispatcher/96309/thumbnail)
1800-1900 ca.
![Fife in B-flat [A-flat]](/internal/media/dispatcher/95880/thumbnail)
![Fife in B-flat [A-flat]](/internal/media/dispatcher/96567/thumbnail)
1800-1850 ca.
![Fife in C [B-flat]](/internal/media/dispatcher/96349/thumbnail)
1800-1850 ca.