Guitar
Date1850-1880 ca.
Place MadeMarkneukirchen, Saxony, Germany, Europe
ModelAmerican Martin Model
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsStamped on tuner plates: JEROME
DescriptionDecoration: wood inlay around edge of top (dyed and undyed wood), rosette around soundhole (dyed and undyed wood) with abalone inlay
Top: spruce
Sides: mahogany
Back: mahogany
Neck: mahogany
Peghead: mahogany with ebony veneer on back but not on front
Frets: nickel silver
Button: ebony
Fingerboard: rosewood
Bridge: rosewood
Saddle: missing
Nut: ebony
Heel cap: ebony
Tuning machines: brass
Finger grips: ivory
Bridge pins: missing
DimensionsTotal instrument length: 92.9 cm (36 9/16”)
Fingerboard length: 42.4 cm (16 11/16”)
Nut to bridge: 62.2 cm (24 15/32”)
Nut to neck and body joint: 30.9 cm (12 5/32”)
Belly width/diameter: n/a
Fingerboard width at nut: 4.4 cm (1 23/32”)
Fingerboard width at body joint: 5.5 cm (2 5/32”)
Diameter of resonator back: n/a
Width of upper bout: 21 cm (8 9/32”)
Width of lower bout: 29.3 cm (11 17/32”)
Width of waist: 17.1 cm (6 23/32”)
Body depth at neck: 8.5 cm (3 11/32”)
Body depth at bottom: 9.5 cm (3 23/32”)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02622
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