Object Details
- Albert, John
- Description
- This violin was made by John Albert in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1876. Albert, born in Freiburg, Germany, was a lawyer and an amateur violin maker who immigrated to America in 1848. He settled in Philadelphia and quickly established an excellent reputation as a violin maker. This Albert "Concert Violin" was a prize-winning entry at the 1876 Centennial Exposition. John Albert died in 1887 after a long collaboration with his son, E. J. Albert. This violin is made of a two-piece table of spruce, back of North American maple cut on the slab with strong, irregular, horizontal figure, ribs of similar North American maple, mildly figured maple neck, pegbox and scroll, and a semi-transparent reddish-brown varnish.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Frances F. Wilkins
- 1876
- ID Number
- 1981.0781.01
- accession number
- 1981.0781
- catalog number
- 1981.0781.01
- Object Name
- violin
- Physical Description
- spruce (table material)
- maple (back material)
- Measurements
- overall: 23 3/4 in x 8 in x 3 1/2 in; 60.325 cm x 20.32 cm x 8.89 cm
- Place Made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Violins
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_605482
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-49da-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
