German Guitar
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Object Details
- Description
- This guitar was made in Germany, around 1875-1880, and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is a 6 course guitar (6x1), with a peghead with wooden tuning pegs. This guitar appears as item #6044 in J. Howard Foote' Catalogue from 1880: "Maple. dark red color, finely inlaid with pearl, etc., Spanish model, finely finished $5.40" "..a line of cheap and handsome Guitars of German make, with peg heads."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. Howard Foote
- 1875 - 1880
- ID Number
- MI.055689
- accession number
- 11535
- catalog number
- 55689
- Object Name
- Guitar
- Physical Description
- maple (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 36 in x 11 in; 8.89 cm x 91.44 cm x 27.94 cm
- place made
- Germany
- Related Publication
- Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Guitars
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_605703
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-25a3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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