German Violin
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Object Details
- Description
- This violin was made in Klingenthal, Germany around 1900. It is an inexpensive commercial instrument built without corner blocks and linings. The neck and top block are of beech in one piece. The violin was used as a shop-sign by the previous owner, which accounts for the weathered condition of the varnish and poor state of preservation of the instrument overall. This violin is made of a two-piece table of spruce, one-piece back of plain beech, cut on the slab, ribs of similar beech cut on 45°, beech neck, pegbox and scroll, and semi-opaque reddish-brown varnish.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1898-1902
- ID Number
- 1981.0530.08
- catalog number
- 1981.0530.08
- accession number
- 1981.0530
- Object Name
- violin
- Physical Description
- spruce (table material)
- beech (back material)
- Measurements
- overall: 23 3/4 in x 8 in x 2 1/8 in; 60.325 cm x 20.32 cm x 5.3975 cm
- Place Made
- Germany: Saxony, Klingenthal
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Violins
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_605535
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-31ae-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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