12-string guitar
Date1880-1900 ca.
Place MadeSouth America
Place MadeNorth America
Modelnone
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionA guitar with 6 double strings hooked at the rib (lower block) and tuned with machine heads.
It belongs to the smaller sized Latin-American guitar tradition where the 12 string guitar survives to date.
Back and ribs of a tropical hardwood
top a coniferous wood decorated with wood inlay around the edge and the soundhole
back and top with 3 ladder braces
17 nickel silver frets
Fingerboard varnished black
Instead of lining strips, small wedge-shaped wooden blocks
DimensionsOverall length: 830 mm
Body length top: 382 mm
Body length bottom: 385 mm
Width at neck: 199/203 mm
Width at middle: 165/162 mm
Width at bottom: 261/261 mm
Vibrating string length: 490 mm
Neck length: 229 mm
Ribs at neck: 62 mm
Ribs at middle: 73 mm
Ribs at bottom: 69 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published References"Musical Country Cousins. A Look at some rare folk instruments." _Selmer Bandwagon, no. 58 (1969), p.12
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00046
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1680-1730 ca.
