Guitar
Maker
Kay Craft
(trade name of Stromberg-Voisinet)
Distributor
Harmony Company
Date1930 ca.
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
ModelKay Kraft
Serial No.none
SignedStamped in gold on peghead: KAY KRAFTPrinted on paper label: TO VARY HEIGHT OF STRINGS ABOVE / FINGERBOARD, LOOSEN STRINGS, / TURN LARGE HEXAGON NUT HALF / TURN TO LEFT. PUSH HEEL OF NECK / BACKWARD OR FORWARD TO GET / DESIRED STRING HEIGHT. THEN / TIGHTEN NUT. / PATENT APPLIED FOR / STROMGBERG-VOISINET CO. / CHICAGO, ILL.
Markingsnone
DescriptionTop: two-piece arched spruce
sides: mahogany
back: one-piece arched mahogany
neck and head: poplar or other hardwood; pearloid veneer on head; neck with angle adjustment mechanism
tailpiece: metal
button: cream colored plastic
fingerboard: black-stained hardwood bound in ivory celluloid; four mother-of-pearl dots and black side dots
bridge: birch or maple stained black
saddle: cream colored plastic
nut: cream colored plastic
tuning machines: two-pairs with nickel-plated steel hardware and ivory plastic heads
Top, soundhole, and back bound in ivory celluloid; purfling trim on top and around soundhole
Poplar end block and kerfed linings; poplar corner blocks; maple neck block
No braces on back
Spruce x-brace on top with spruce lateral brace above soundhole
DimensionsTotal instrument length: 98.4 cm (39 5/32”)
Fingerboard length: 44.9 cm (17 21/32”)
Nut to bridge: 65.1 cm (25 5/8”)
Nut to neck and body joint: 32.7 cm (12 7/8”)
Belly width/diameter: n/a
Fingerboard width at nut: 4.7 cm (1 27/32”)
Fingerboard width at body joint: 32.7 cm (2 5/16”)
Width of upper bout: 27.5 cm (10 13/16”)
Width of lower bout: 36.7 cm (14 7/16”)
Width of waist: 21.9 cm (8 5/8”)
Body depth, crown of belly to crown of back: 10 cm (3 15/16”)
Body depth, edge of belly to edge of back: 8.5 cm (3 11/32”)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00561
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