Guitar
Date1900 ca.
Place MadeUnited States, North America
ModelAmerican Model
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsName handwritten on canvas case exterior: E. J. AndersonDescriptionMother-of-pearl and herringbone edging along top, around soundhole, and on back. Mother-of-pearl inlay on peghead.
Top: spruce
Sides: rosewood
Back: rosewood
Neck: Spanish cedar; head front veneered in rosewood with mother-of-pearl star inlay and ivory celluloid bindng
Frets: nickel-silver
Endpin: missing
Fingerboard: dark-stained maple bound in ivory celluloid with star-shaped mother-of-pearl fret markers
Bridge: ebony with ivory plastic pins with mother-of-pearl eyes
Nut: missing
Heel cap: ivory celluloid
Tuning machines: two pairs with nickel-plated steel plates and ivory colored celluloid heads
Back braces: four spruce ladder braces; light hardwood graft
Top braces: three spruce ladder braces; poplar graft near neck block
Neck and end blocks: poplar with bevelled corners
Top and back bound in ivory celluloid with dyed herringbone trim and abalone trim on top, dyed herringbone trim on back
Dyed herringbone back center strip
Ivory celluloid bound soundhole with dyed wood trim and abalone inlay
DimensionsTotal instrument length: 94.9cm (37 11/32”)
Fingerboard length: 41.5cm (16 11/32”)
Nut to bridge: approx 61.5cm (24 7/32”)
Nut to neck and body joint: approx. 30.5cm (12”)
Belly width/diameter: n/a
Fingerboard width at nut: 4.7cm (1 27/32”)
Fingerboard width at body joint: 5.7cm (2 ¼”)
Diameter of resonator back: n/a
Width of upper bout: 24.4cm (9 19/32”)
Width of lower bout: 33.8cm (13 15/16”)
Width of waist: 20cm (7 7/8”)
Body depth at neck: 8 cm (3 5/32”)
Body depth at bottom: 9.9cm (3 29/32”)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00610
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