Guitar

Date1850-1910 ca.

Place MadeMarkneukirchen, Saxony, Germany, Europe

ModelLacote copy

Serial No.none

Signednone
MarkingsString names written in pencil between soundhole and bridge.
DescriptionCommercial copy of the French Lacote model.

Stringing: six gut strings
Soundboard: two-piece spruce, very narrow grain
Back: one-piece semi-slab-cut maple: narrow curl descending from treble to bass
Ribs: two-piece semi-slab-cut maple with narrow curl, divided by wide, dark-brown stained maple end graft, surrounded on each side by four-ply alternating strips of maple and brown-stained maple
Head: slotted, black-painted maple; scarf joint with neck
Neck: black-painted maple; tapered, rounded heel
Heel cap: ebony
Binding: brown-stained maple maple with trim comprised of seven alternating strips of maple and brown-stained maple on top; no binding or trim on back
Fingerboard: brown-stained pearwood; end follows contour of soundhole; 17 brass frets; later white-painted dots behind 5th, 7th, and 10th frets
Nut: ebony
Bridge: black-stained maple rectangular with moustaches, the ends terminating in domed ebony circles with abalone eyes; brass saddle; three ebony pins with abalone eyes; three later rosewood pins
Tuners: two sets of brass and steel worm-gear machine tuners with brass rollers, elongated, oval-shaped bone heads; tuner plates are inlaid into sides of head
Endpin: later pine
Rosette: abstract abalone feathers set into black mastic, surrounded on each side by trim comprised of alternating squares of maple and brown stained maple, surrounded on outside by four-ply alternating maple and brown-stained maple strips, surrounded on inside by triple-ply maple and brown-stained maple strips, the whole rosette set in from soundhole edge
Varnish: clear on top; brown on back and sides; neck and head painted black
Linings: spruce
Neck block: spruce; rounded corners
End block: spruce; rounded corners
Top braces: three large spruce parallel braces, tapered and set into linings; no bridge plate; bridge pins extend through top above lower bout brace
Back braces: three large spruce parallel braces, tapered and set into linings; beech and maple trapezoidal cleats along inside of back joint
DimensionsTotal guitar length: 923 mm
Back length: 443 mm
Upper bout width: 232 mm
Waist width: 165 mm
Lower bout width: 294 mm
Rib height (including edging) at heel: 74 mm
Rib height, at waist: 83 mm
Rib height, at end block: 85 mm
Head length: 165 mm
Head width, top: 58 mm
Head width, bottom: 57 mm
Neck length (nut to ribs): 309 mm
Neck width, nut: 44 mm
Neck width, heel: 56 mm
Soundhole diameter: 80 mm
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 619 mm

Credit LineArne B. Larson Estate

Object number14489

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