Object Details
- Description
- This guitar was made by an unknown maker in the United States in 1854. It is a six course (6x1) guitar with a spruce top and rosewood back and sides. This guitar was submitted for patent by William B. Tilton in 1854. The patent is for a device which is attached at the foot of the guitar to stretch the strings for improved sound production (U.S. Patent #10380).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1854
- ID Number
- MI.330804
- accession number
- 88881
- catalog number
- 330804
- Object Name
- guitar
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Measurements
- overall: 36 in x 11 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in; 91.44 cm x 29.21 cm x 10.795 cm
- place made
- United States
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Guitars
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_605723
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-2a7c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
