Guitar

Date1850-1900 ca.

Place MadeMarkneukirchen, Saxony, Germany, Europe

ModelLacote / French

Serial No.none

Signednone
MarkingsPencil line on inside of back at neck joint marking center
DescriptionThe use of beech on the head and neck points to an origin in the Saxon Vogtland, most likely Markneukirchen. This is a commercial imitation of a Lacote.

Stringing: six gut strings
Soundboard: two-piece spruce: narrow grain
Back: two-piece plain maple cut off-the quarter: faint, narrow curl
Ribs: two-piece plain maple cut off-the quarter, divided by narrow pearwood strip
Head: figure-eight, black-painted beech; large hole drilled at upper center for hanging
Neck: black-painted beech; tapered heel
Heel cap: integral with back, painted black
Binding: none, top trim comprised of 9-ply alternating strips of brown-stained and natural hardwood, with doubled dark strips on outside edge
Fingerboard: black-painted maple; twenty brass bar frets
Nut: ebony; shallow
Bridge: black-painted maple with rectangular outline and moustaches, the ends terminating in domed ebony circles with missing eyes; pins missing; integral saddle
Tuners: six pegs, now missing
Endpin: missing
Rosette: 11-ply alternating strips of brown-stained and natural hardwood, with doubled dark strips on outside edge
Varnish: light golden; neck and head painted black
Linings: spruce
Neck block: integral with neck; foot at joint with back
End block: hardwood; half-round shape
Top braces: two tapered spruce braces above soundhole and one below; spruce bridge plate narrows and extends to edges
Back braces: four spruce back braces, tapered and set into linings
DimensionsTotal guitar length: 902 mm
Back length: 439 mm
Upper bout width: 222 mm
Waist width: 158 mm
Lower bout width: 284 mm
Rib height (including edging) at heel: 63 mm
Rib height, at waist: 76 mm
Rib height, at end block: 79 mm
Head length: 160 mm
Head width, top: 86 mm
Head width, bottom: 72 mm
Neck length (nut to ribs): 305 mm
Neck width, nut: 42 mm
Neck width, heel: 53 mm
Soundhole diameter: 79 mm
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 606 mm

Credit LinePaul and Jean Christian Collection

Object number12361

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