Mandolin
Maker
Almcrantz
Date1895-1907 ca.
Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Modelnone
Serial No.6015
SignedPrinted on a paper label glued inside on the back: ALMCRANTZ / M’N’F’G OF GUITARS & MANDOLINS / PATENTED JULY 16, 1895 / No. 6015 . . . . . . Halsted St., Chicago. AlmcrantzMarkingsTailpiece: PATENTED / FEB. 12, 1907 / E. D. SON.
DescriptionTop: spruce
sides and back: rosewood
neck & peghead: mahogany
frets: nickel silver
tailpiece: metal
bridge: rosewood
saddle & finger grips: cream colored celluloid
fingerboard: ebony
DimensionsTotal instrument length: 64.7 cm (25 15/32”)
Fingerboard length: 23 cm (9 1/16”)
Nut to bridge: 34.9 cm (13 ¾”)
Nut to neck and body joint: 15 cm (5 29/32”)
Fingerboard width at nut: 3.0 cm (1 3/16”)
Fingerboard width at body joint: 3.8 cm (1 ½”)
Width of upper bout: 17.2 cm (6 25/32”)
Width of lower bout: 25.3 cm (9 31/32”)
Width of waist: 13.7 cm (5 7/16”)
Body depth at neck: 6.0 cm (2 3/8”)
Body depth at bottom: 7.8 cm (3 1/16”)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesShrine to Music Musuem Newsletter January 1982, p. 4
AMIS Newsletter , February 1986, p. 16.
Joseph R. Johnson. “The Mandolin Orchestra in America,” The Big Red Book of
American Lutherie Vol. II, 1988-1900, pp. 262, 272-273.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02779
On View
Not on view
1850-1880 ca.
