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Fife, A-flat

Date1880-1910 ca.
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelG 3421
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on body between embouchure plate and first finger hole: [three rows of geometric patterns encircling the body] / LYON & HEALY / MFGS. / CHICAGO / [three rows of geometric patterns encircling the body]
MarkingsStamped on body at top and bottom ends: [two rows of strips, a row of stars, two rows of strips, all encircling the body]

DescriptionNickel-plated brass with applied embouchure plate.
DimensionsOverall length: 15-1/2 in (394 mm)
Sounding length: 13 in (332 mm)
Embouchure hole: 0.333 x 0.330 in (8.5 x 8.3 mm)

ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number05362
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