Guitar
Date1900 ca.
Place MadeUnited States, North America
ModelAmerican Spanish Model
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsHandwritten inside body, perhaps by Arne B. Larson: 1912
DescriptionTop: spruce
Sides: rosewood
Back: rosewood with dyed hardwood center strip
Neck: mahogany
Peghead: mahogany with rosewood veneer, integral with head
Button: ebony with mother-of-pearl eye
Fingerboard: ebony with 18 nickel-silver T-frets; three mother-of-pearl dots
Bridge: ebony with bone saddle and ebony pins with mother-of-pearl dots
Nut: ebony
Heel cap: rosewood veneer
Tuning machines: two pairs with brass plates and ivoroid heads
Back braces: 5 spruce ladder braces; hardwood graft
Top braces: 4 spruce ladder braces
Neck and end blocks: poplar with bevelled corners
Linings: kerfed poplar
Back bound in ivory celluloid
Top bound in alternating angled strips of ebony and mother-of-pearl with dyed hardwood trim
Rosette of dyed hardwood
DimensionsTotal instrument length: 98.5cm (37 23/32”)
Fingerboard length: 42.2cm (16 19/32”)
Nut to bridge: approx 62.5cm (24 19/32”)
Nut to neck and body joint: 31.4cm (12 11/32”)
Fingerboard width at nut: 4.3cm (1 11/16”)
Fingerboard width at body joint: 5.7cm (2 ¼”)
Width of upper bout: 24.3cm (9 9/16”)
Width of lower bout: 33.5cm (13 3/16”)
Width of waist: 19.7cm (7 3/4”)
Body depth at neck: 7.6cm (3”)
Body depth at bottom: 9.6cm (3 25/32”)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00611
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