Lute-guitar
Date1900-1940 ca.
Place MadeMarkneukirchen, Saxony, Germany, Europe
ModelLute guitar
Serial No.none
SignedOn historic label: H. M. E. / 1533Markingsnone
DescriptionGerman style lute-guitar, 11 ribs of flawed maple, 10 dark strips.
Neck and pegbox of 1-piece maple.
six machine heads with brass hardware and black plastic heads, 9 T shaped nickel-silver frets and 4 ebony frets on the top.
Ebony fingerboard with 3 mother-of-pearl position dots behind 5th, 7th, and 9th frets
2-piece spruce top with octagonal carved rose
3 bars, the lowest above the bridge
hardwood rose with nickel-silver saddle and ebony pins with mother-of-pearl eyes
DimensionsOverall length: 950 mm
width: 322 mm
body length outside: 506 mm
depth: 129 mm
body length inside: 467 mm
bridge (saddle) from below: 147 mm
rose center from below: 322 mm
neck length: 261 mm
vibrating string length: 620 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01517
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1900-1940 ca.
1900-1940 ca.
1680-1730 ca.
