Mark on fife: Geo. Cloos/GC- Key of Bb-Penzel & Muller New York
Place of business: New York
Dates of business: 1899-circa 1950
Date of fife: After1946
Addresses of business:*
1899-368 Bowery
1901-21 6 Cooper Square
1921-70 31-11 33 rd St Long Island City, NY
*Per Langwill
Features:
Length of Instrument -the fife is 16 5/8 inches.
Wood -the instrument is made of, what seems to be, Grenadilla.
Key of instrument -Bb.
Finger Holes -different sizes.
The spacing on the holes is as follows:
1-2=.714
2-3=.703
3-4=.864
4-5=.631
5-6=.759
This shows that the hole pattern is not even.