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Lute-guitar
Date: 1900-1940 ca.
Place Made:Markneukirchen, Saxony, Germany, Europe, Vogtland
Model: Lute guitar
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionA lute-guitar with two pairs of machine heads, the body consists of 11 maple ribs (between them are dark strips), maple neck and slotted peghead are of one piece.
Rose carved from spruce top
Maple bridge and nickel-silver saddle and ebony pins
Ivory celluloid binding
Walnut fingerboard with nickel-silver frets and mother-of-pearl and abalone dots
Walnut nut
Two pairs of tuners with brass hardware and bone heads
Rose carved from spruce top
Maple bridge and nickel-silver saddle and ebony pins
Ivory celluloid binding
Walnut fingerboard with nickel-silver frets and mother-of-pearl and abalone dots
Walnut nut
Two pairs of tuners with brass hardware and bone heads
DimensionsOverall length: 903 mm
Body length outside: 481 mm
Body length inside: 446 mm
Width: 303 mm
depth: 120 mm
middle of the bridge and rose center from below: 114 and 316 mm
vibrating string length: 624 mm
neck length: 265 mm
space between top and strings at the bridge: 9-10 mm
Body length outside: 481 mm
Body length inside: 446 mm
Width: 303 mm
depth: 120 mm
middle of the bridge and rose center from below: 114 and 316 mm
vibrating string length: 624 mm
neck length: 265 mm
space between top and strings at the bridge: 9-10 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Published ReferencesHerbert Heyde. Musikinstrumenteuban 1986, p. 104f.
Object number: 01489