German Violin
Object Details
- Description
- This violin was made in Markneukirchen, Germany around 1875-1899. It is of commercial manufacture and is made of a table of spruce in two pieces, back of maple in one piece with even medium figure, ribs of complementary maple, plain maple neck, pegbox and scroll, and an opaque reddish-brown varnish
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Reverend F. Gardiner, Jr.
- 1875 - 1899
- ID Number
- MI.094873
- catalog number
- 94873
- accession number
- 22998
- Object Name
- violin
- Physical Description
- spruce (table material)
- maple (back material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 1/2 in x 8 in x 2 1/2 in; 36.83 cm x 20.32 cm x 6.35 cm
- Place Made
- Germany: Saxony, Markneukirchen
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Violins
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_605531
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-75ec-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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