Hawaiian guitar
Date1937
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelStyle 1 (1-1/2) Tricone
Serial No.A3325
SignedStamped on head, with black-ink-filled outlines, within shield: NATIONALMarkingsDie-stamped on top of headstock: A3325
Stamped on top in front of bridge: PAT.NO.1762617 / PAT.NO.1741453
Numbers of frets written in white pencil in front of each fret, 1 through 19
DescriptionStringing: six steel strings
Soundboard: sheet nickel-silver; three metal cone resonators; sloped shoulders
Back: sheet nickel-silver; arched with recurve
Ribs: sheet nickel-silver
Head: brown-varnished birch veneered with pearloid
Neck: sheet nickel-silver; square profile for Hawaiian playing; birch core running through neck is integral with head
Heel cap: none; body back slopes inward and is integral with neck back
Fingerboard: ebony bound in ivoroid; 19 nickel-silver frets; single mother-of-pearl dots behin 5th, 7th, and 9th frets; double mother-of-pearl dots behind 12th and 17th frets
Nut: bone; high setup for Hawaiian playing
Bridge: cast iron with arms extending to each resonator; cover plate has hand rest soldered to top, covering bridge and arm positions
Tuners: six nickel-plated steel worm-gear machine tuners with nickel-plated steel polygonal heads
Endpin: nickel-plated steel; steel domed, slot- headed screw through center
Tailpiece: pressed sheet nickel-silver
Soundholes: open upper bouts covered in sheet nickel-silver grid with trapezoidal openings; three diamond-shaped openings over resonators, each comprised of four diamonds, covered in nickel-plated metal mesh
Decoration: engraved undulating lines along edges of top, back, and sides
Linings: none
Internal construction: resonators rest on square birch posts reinforced by three-ply plywood circles at joint with back
DimensionsTotal guitar length: 971 mm (38-3/16″)
Back length: 504 mm (23-11/16″)
Upper bout width: 259 mm (10-5/32″)
Waist width: 237 mm (8-11/16″)
Lower bout width: 360 mm (14-3/32″)
Rib height (including edging) at heel: 67 mm (2-7/8″)
Rib height, at waist: 79 mm (3-1/16″)
Rib height, at end block: 83 mm (3-1/4″)
Head length: 166 mm (6-9/32″)
Head width, top: 73 mm (2-13/16″)
Head width, bottom: 58 mm (2-1/8″)
Neck length (nut to ribs): 279 mm (13-3/4″)
Neck width, nut: 50 mm (1-13/16″)
Neck width, heel: 53 mm (2-1/4″)
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): top string: 632 mm (24-31/32”); bottom string: 633 mm (25-1/16”)
ProvenanceUsed by Constance (Connie) Jacquline Frederickson Fagerhaug, Irene, SD (11/12/1925-11/30/2006) in her performance and teaching career until about 1945 when she married Helmer Fagerhaug.
Credit LineGift of Clair Fagerhaug, 2010
Object number14510
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