This wooden fife is a wonderful example of a typical musical wind instrument of the mid-19^th century.

In good original condition, this Civil War-era cylindrical fife measures 16.5” long and is made of rosewood or mahogany. There are 0.75” long German silver ferrules at both ends. Silver pieces have fine, narrow checkering rings at the edges.

Featured on the tapered body are six evenly spaced finger holes. The larger mouth hole is located at the opposite end. There is a mouth piece (also called “fipples” or “cheaters”) on this fife. Not used extensively today, numerous musical instrument catalogs from the 19th century advertised mouthpieces for the fife as a useful accessory, especially for beginners. Most historic mouthpieces were made from pewter and slid onto the instrument over the blow hole, and were secured with a butterfly head screw as this is.

Instrument is in good condition with a couple of gouges in the wood; possibly with closed cracks. The surface is smooth and clean with nice wood tone.  [jet][ph:L]

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