African and European Traditions MeetThe music of the fife and drum bands of the Mississippi Delta region is a unique form, created in early America asAfro-Caribbean and European music fused to re-create old minstrel tunes, spirituals, and heavily improvised instrumental pieces in a new image.

Some musicologists call it a form of the blues, and some claim it predates the blues and influenced the development of that form. But whatever its roots, fife and drum band musicis a living tradition passed down from the old to the young,played and danced to at the large informal "picnics" of the hill country of Mississippi.

Traveling Through the Jungle: Fife and Drum Band Music from the Deep South This is a collection of 28 traditional pieces, 5 of which were recordedin 1942 and the rest in 1969/1970, representing various artistsand bands including some rare recordings from Georgia.

CD $15.00

Everybody Hollerin' GoatOtha Turner and the Rising Star Fife &Drum Band. Traditional fife and drumband music of the Deep South is verydifferent from the style and content ofthe fife and drum corps music familiar tothe Northeast Ancient style.Otha Turner was a national treasure, aseminal figure in early blues music; thisis his first full length CD, recordedbetween 1992 and 1997. CD $15.00

Senegal to SenatobiaOtha Turner and the Afrossippi Allstars Otha Turner and the Afrossippi AllstarsOtha Turner's Rising Star Fife & DrumBand is joined by a group of Africanmusicians by way of the world musicscene, resulting in a fascinating explo-ration of this fusion music.CD only. $15.00

CDsThe World Turned Upside DownThe Fifes & Drums of ColonialWilliamsburg This newest release by ColonialWilliamsburg recreates music of theYorktown battlefield with British,Hessian, French, and American tunes and medleys. CD $15.00Above the Clouds (Vol III),Camp Chase Fifes & DrumsTunes that illustrate the development of American field music from the mid-18thcentury through, and just after, the time of the Civil War. CD $15.00Reflections of the Past.1st Michigan Colonial Fife & Drum Corps.31 tunes and medleys based on 18thcentury sources. CD $15.00Old MemoriesTraditional tunes for the fife withaccompaniment of drum, penny-whistle, fiddle, bellows organ,banjo, guitar, and vocal. RichardBenoit, Tom Emerick, and guestar tists. I’m sending this CD by UPSalso. CD $15.00

Fifes PricesTraditional FifesProfessional Models

Rosewood 6 hole $95.00Grenadilla 6 hole $120.00

Student ModelsPersimmon 6 hole $37.00Black Plastic 6 hole $6.00

Concert FifesCooperman Concert Fifes Two Piece

Rosewood 6 hole $165.007 hole $165.00

10 hole $180.00Grenadilla 6 hole $180.00

7 hole $180.0010 hole $195.00

Cooperman McDonagh Model Fifes Two PieceGrenadilla 6 hole $180.00

10 hole $195.00

Specialty FifesFirth, Pond & Co. 19th Century Model Fifeavailable Spring/Summer 2006

Rosewood 6 hole $95.00Grenadilla 6 hole $120.00

Veteran Fifer Model FifesRosewood 6 hole $95.00Grenadilla 6 hole $120.00

Stony Creek Model FifesRosewood 6 hole $95.00Grenadilla 6 hole $120.00

18th Century French D Model FifeGrenadilla 6 hole $120.00

18th Century "Old Pitch" Bb Model FifeRosewood 6 hole $95.00Grenadilla 6 hole $120.00

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BooksOld Fort Snelling Instruction Book for the FifeMattson & Walz14 lessons in fife instruction, including exercise tunes, and a large selection of tunesfrom the American Revolution through the timeof the American Civil War, including the Camp Duty. $12.00The New England Collection of Martial Music (prior to 1840)Martial Music of the American Civil War PeriodMartial Music of the French & IndianWar Period (1756-1763)Martial Music of the Seminole Wars thru War with MexicoThese four books by Peter Stevens are compila-tions of authentic tunes for fife and drum chosenfrom period sources. $10.00 eachThe Drummers and Fifers GuideBruce & EmmettA reprint of the 1862 classic, including theCamp Duty and over 70 tunes. $14.00Smoke in Your Eyes Collected by Caoimhin GaimhA compilation of Irish Tunes played at SeattleSessions. 200 pp. $ 24.00

Traditional Pennywhistle Handbookwith CD 83 traditional tunes for the pennywhistle forplayers of all levels, including complete instructions for beginners and a 74 minute CD.Adapted by Bill Ochs for Cooperman, but canbe used with any whistle. $12.00

The Company of Fifers & Drummers,a non-profit organization with headquarters

and museum in Ivoryton CT, produces 2 volumes of collected music that are

universally acknowledged to be the best published collections of time-honored,

traditional fife & drum music.www.companyoffifeanddrum.org

AccessoriesAll Cooperman fifes except StudentModels are packaged in a wooden boxwith a cleaning rod; two piece modelsare provided with cork grease.

Murphy Stick $3.50Piccolo SwabWool piccolo swab for two-piece fifes$2.50Bore Oil (Alisyn, .6 fl oz) $4.50Cork Grease, in tube $1.00Leather fife case, round, with belt loop and flap top, in black for one or two-piece fife $37.50Fabric Fife Case with Synthetic ShearlingBlack water resistant fabric with zipper clo-sure and belt loop, lined with synthetic shearling; two piece fife case has a cork grease pocket. $30.00

CoopermanTraditional and

ConcertFifes

C oopermanTraditional fifes fol-low the traditionaland historic form

of the instrument. Thesefifes are made of a singlepiece of wood with a simple cylindrical bore and six tone holes; severalnotes of the chromaticscale require half holes.The visual design of ourTraditional model woodfifes is patterned on museum pieces, and thissimple shape with theswell at the mouth holeand a soft taper to thefoot is appropriate for 18thand 19th century represen-tations. The Traditionalmodel fife is appealing forits marvelous performanceas a bright, loud fieldinstrument with a powerfulupper register, as well asits suitability for early musicand historical reenactmentperformances.

CoopermanTraditional Fifes,Professional ModelsWe make our TraditionalProfessional models of thefinest instrument graderosewood and grenadilla.Each fife is provided witha wooden slider-lid boxalong with a cleaning stickand cork grease.

CoopermanTraditional Fifes,Student ModelsWe make Student Modelfifes in both persimmonwood and black FDAapproved plastic.

The persimmon wood fifeis a visual match in shapeto the Professional Models,with the wood very lightbrown to blonde in color,as compared to the warm red/brown of therosewood or the strikingblack/brown of thegrenadilla. Persimmon fifesare packaged in a foldingbox; plastic fifes are packaged in a poly bag.

T hese contemporary styleConcert Fifes aredesigned with a piccolostyle bore and up to 10

tone holes, providing for animprovement in intonation andease of play of the chromaticnotes, relative to the TraditionalModel fifes. While a six hole fifewill play every note that a tenhole fife will, the addition of theextra holes allows the fifer to playwithout half-hole fingerings. Allfifes are crafted of the finest instru-ment grade exotic hardwoods,with sterling silver rings. Each fifeis provided with a wooden slider-lid box along with a cleaningstick and cork grease.

Cooperman Concert FifesThe Cooperman Concert fife isknown for its mellow low registerand very powerful upper register.We make this model in bothgrenadilla and rosewood.Six Hole Model The fife has the traditional 6 tone holes,with several notes of the chromat-ic scale requiring the use of half-holes.Ten Hole Model TheCooperman Concert fife featuresthe 6 main tone holes with 2pinky register holes and 2 thumbregister holes.

Cooperman McDonagh FifesThe McDonagh fife was devel-oped in New York by JohnMcDonagh over 40 years ago,and is a widely popular instrument. It differs from theCooperman Concert fife primarilyin the design of the bore and theplacement of the finger holes.We are honored to have Mr.McDonagh's support in bringingthis classic fife back to the market-place. We make this model ingrenadilla.Six Hole Model The fife hasthe traditional 6 tone holes, withseveral notes of the chromaticscale requiring the use of half-holes.Ten Hole Model TheMcDonagh model fife featuresthe 6 main tone holes, one ofwhich is doubled with a registerhole, plus 2 pinky register holesand 1 thumb register hole.

During the Renaissance the fife wascommonly known as the Swiss Pipedue to its widespread use by theSwiss Infantry, although it was in

common use as a martial signal instrumentthroughout Europe from the 14th centuryonward. In the 18th century fifers and drum-mers were often required, in addition to their indispensable military duties, to provide musicfor both formal and informal dancing.Manuals for the fife containing hundreds ofpopular airs first appeared in America in thelate 18th and early 19th centuries; the tuneswere often of folk origin, and Celtic influenceswere especially well represented. Although thefife played an important role in the militaryduring the American Civil War, this instru-ment had long since found its home in civilianlife. Today the fife is an instrument enjoyedequally by corps playing traditional marchingtunes, folk artists playing music representing a

wide variety of cultural influences, and wood-wind artists playing complex early music andmodern arrangements.

Our fife shop uses only the finest instrumentgrade grenadilla and rosewood to handcraftprofessional model Cooperman fifes, andbrings the same level of commitment to qualityto our student models in persimmon and FDAapproved plastic.

In its traditional form the fife is made of a single piece of wood with a simple cylindricalbore and six tone holes, with no keys; somenotes of the chromatic scale require half-holefingerings. In its contemporary form, the fifeis made in two pieces with a profiled bore and10 tone holes, with no keys; the added registernotes eliminate the need for half-hole finger-ings. Fifes are traditionally named for the notethat sounds when the first fingering on thechart is played; the chart for all fifes is written with this note, low D, all fingers down. Themost popular and traditional key is Folk Bb, sothat Bb sounds when this low D is fingered.This "Folk Bb" is equivalent to a "Concert Ab";that is, if the key of the fife were named as onewould name the key of a flute, it would becalled an Ab fife.

The Fife for Educators

The American fife & drum corps has a pub-lic music tradition deeply rooted in the his-

tory and cultures of the Americas andEurope. Fife and drum corps march eachyear in line with today's best marching bandsin such prestigious parades as the Rose BowlParade, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade,and Inaugural Parades, and receive ovationsfrom the crowds. Professionally, the 3rd USInfantry Old Guard Fife & Drum Corps per-forms at the White House for dignitaries andheads of state from all over the world, and theFifes & Drums of Colonial Williamsburgdemonstrates daily to thousands of visitorsthe music of 18th century America.Considerthe fife for your students. This instrument is:● perfect for individual and group

performance instruction requirements● connected both with American history

and many of the cultures expressed sofully in modern American society

● available in inexpensive, durable and virtually maintenance-free student models

● easy to play for the beginner, but allowsfor virtuosity with experience

● easily incorporated into a fife and drumcorps or folk music ensemble, which helpskeep the interest of the students alive andencourages the support of parents andthe local community

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We recommend either the TraditionalModel or the Concert Model fifefor almost all purposes, as these are

the instruments that have the best possibleintonation given the design limitationsimposed by the nature of a fife. For thosewho wish to portray certain eras with a particular focus, or who wish to match a newfife in with existing older model fifes, we havecreated this group of "specialty fifes". A fewof these fifes are described as "small bore".The small bore fifes are easy to play, with thehigh register particularly accessible, but thesmall bore also leads to the intonation problems that are universal in this type of fife,with a sharpening of the pitch.Firth, Pond & Co. 19th Century Model Fifeavailable Spring/Summer 2006This small bore Folk Bb fife is a reproduction of anantique in our collection, and is most suitable froCivil War reenactment.Veteran Fifer Model and Stony Creek ModelThese fifes are small bore instruments suitablefor playing with the old Ferrary fifes, Folk Bb.18th Century French D Model FifeThis fife is interpreted from print sources andimages of original instrments. The pitch issomewhat sharp Folk D (concert C).18th Century Old Pitch Bb Model FfeThis fife is similar to our Traditional Fife, butpitched to match an 18th century antique,which is quite sharp to the nominal Folk Bb.

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Spring 2008 Price List Fifes & Accessories by Cooperman

Professional Models Fife Cases Traditional Rosewood $ 105.00 Black leather for 1 piece $40.00 Traditional Grenadilla $ 130.00 Black leather for 2 piece $40.00

Black fabric for 1 piece $35.00 Student Models Black fabric for 2 piece $35.00 Persimmon $ 45.00 as available Plastic $ 7.00 Cooperman fifes are warranteed – please inquire for full

details. In brief, we will perform minor repairs and replace lost rings and assemblies for the time the fife is in the possession of the original owner at no charge other than shipping/handling, as long as parts remain available, or find a suitable substitute; should the owner need an instrument during the time of repair, we will provide a loaner instrument as available; should major repairs be occasioned by accidental damage to the instrument, we will provide repair services at a discount.

Concert Fifes Cooperman or McDonagh Models Grenadilla 6 hole $ 200.00 Grenadilla 10 hole $ 215.00 Specialty Fifes Rosewood $ 105.00 Grenadilla $ 130.00 Books CDs Drummers & Fifers Guide Conn Valley Field Music $15.00 Bruce & Emmett $ 14.00

Colonial Williamsburg World New England Collection Turned Upside Down $15.00 Martial Music $ 10.00

Martial Music of the American Civil War $ 10.00

Cooperman Company1007 Route 121 P O Box 821

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802 463 9750 Fax 802 463 4123 www.cooperman.com info@cooperman.com

Martial Music of the French & Indian War $ 10.00 Martial Music of the Seminole Wars $ 10.00 Old Fort Snelling Instruction Book for the Fife $ 12.00