Civil War-era wooden fife, measuring 24″ long, manufactured by R. S. Meacham in Albany, New York. R.S. Meacham maintained a military and music store at 84 State Street in Albany, NY in the early and mid-19th century. Meacham’s was an importer and manufacturer of military goods and musical instruments. This fife has brass and ivory fittings and is marked "Meacham Albany." Professionally mounted in a shadowbox frame to an overall size of 35 x 15.75. Accompanied by a publication entitled Militia Law, 1835, which advertises R. S. Meacham's "Military & Music Store" on the back cover: "Military officers may here obtain every article necessary in equipping…Military bands furnished with complete sets of Instruments."
