Meisel Violin
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Object Details
- Meisel, Kurt Lothar
- Description (Brief)
- This violin is made by K. Lothar Meisel in Owatonna, Minnesota in 1992. The violin has a one-piece back made from European mountain maple with an intense curl of medium width slanting downward from left to right. The ribs and scroll are made from similar European maple. The two-piece table is made from quarter-cut spruce with pronounced grain of medium to wide width. The reddish gold-brown varnish is lightly shaded. The violin is missing its bridge and strings.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Stephen L. Meisel
- ca 1992
- ID Number
- 1997.0264.01
- accession number
- 1997.0264
- catalog number
- 1997.0264.01
- Object Name
- violin
- Measurements
- overall: 25 5/8 in x 8 in x 3 3/4 in; 65.0875 cm x 20.32 cm x 9.525 cm
- Place Made
- United States: Minnesota, Owatonna
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_608152
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-5245-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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