Fife

Date1780-1840

MediumRosewood, brass ferrules

DimensionsOL: 16 3/4" Inside bore: right end 10.8 mm, left end 10.9 mm Outside bore: right end 15.6 mm, left end 15.3 mm Ferrell width: 28.4 mm Finger hole width: 7.2 mm Embouchure hole: left to right 12.4 mm, furthest to closest 11.1 mm

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1995-192

DescriptionRosewood fife with brass ferrules. Each ferrule has a central single scribe line between two pairs or scribe lines (five lines in all).
Label TextA fife in rosewood with brass ferrules made in England or America sometime between 1780 and 1840.
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ProvenancePurchased from Gary Brumfield (Williamsburg, VA) in 1995

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