Balalaika prima
Maker
A. Favilla & Sons
Date1920-1940 ca.
Place MadeBrooklyn, New York, United States, North America
Modelnone
Serial No.none
SignedIn a crowned escutcheon: FAVILLAMarkingsnone
Description3 double courses
Body: 15 mahogany ribs
Soundhole surrounded by an inlaid 5-pointed star of synthetic tortoiseshell
Pickguard of synthetic tortoiseshell
Neck and head: Spanish cedar
Top: spruce
Two pairs of machine heads with nickel-silver hardware and white plastic heads
Rosewood fingerboard with 16 T-shaped nickel-silver frets
6 mother-of-pearl dots
DimensionsOverall Length: 662 mm
Body length outside: 265 mm
Body length inside: 245 mm
Width: 372 mm
Depth: 106 mm
Soundhole from below: 170 mm (center)
Bars from below: 115/196 mm
Vibrating melody string length: 436 mm
Neck length: 263 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00048
On View
Not on view
1900-1930 ca.
