Object Details
- Description
- This lyre guitar was made in the 19th century by an unknown maker. It is a six course (6x1) lyre-shaped guitar with a pine top, walnut back and sides, with two circular sound holes and a flat bottom. This popular “parlor” instrument was also known in France as "lyre anacréontique" and in England as "Apollo lyre."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1800 - 1899
- ID Number
- MI.095326
- accession number
- 26512
- catalog number
- 95326
- Object Name
- guitar
- Physical Description
- walnut (back; sides material)
- pine (belly material)
- metal (frets material)
- ebony (frets material)
- gut (strings material)
- Measurements
- overall: 31 in x 13 1/2 in x 3 7/8 in; 78.74 cm x 34.29 cm x 9.8425 cm
- Related Publication
- Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Guitars
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_605714
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-29a7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
