Guitar
Maker
James Ashborn
Distributor
William Hall & Son
Date1853 June
Place DistributedNew York, New York, United States, North America
Place MadeWolcottville, Connecticut, United States, North America
ModelGrade 5
Serial No.3526
SignedIn soundhole/ stamped on back center strip: WILLIAM HALL & SONS / 239 BROADWAY / 5 NEW – YORK 3526Stamped on head stock: [curved] ASHBORNE / PATENT 1852
MarkingsOn peghead: [curved] J ASHBORN / PATENT 1852
DescriptionSoundboard: spruce
Back: laminated rosewood
Sides: laminated rosewood
neck: rosewood
peghead: maple
frets: nickelsilver
button: ivory
fingerboard: rosewood
bridge: ebony
saddle: metal fret
nut: ebony
heel cap: maple
tuning machines: none
pegs: rosewood
bridge pins: ebony
soundhole rosette: circular strips (Black/White/Black) with “sun” design
Purfling at edge of soundboard: Black /White /Black /Brown /White /Brown /Black
/White /Black
Purfling at edge of back: Black/ White/ Black
Purfling on sides: Black/ White/ Brown/ White/ Brown/ White/ black with maple strip
Friction tuning pegs
Pin bridge
Ivory endpin
Individual blocks for liner strips
DimensionsTotal instrument length: 91.5 cm (36 1/32 inches)
Fingerboard length: 41.8 cm (16 15/32 inches)
Nut to bridge: 61 cm (24 1/32 inches)
Nut to neck and body joint: 30.5 cm (12 inches)
Belly width/diameter: n/a
Fingerboard width at nut: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 inches)
Fingerboard width at body joint: 5.8 cm (2 9/32 inches)
Diameter of resonator back: n/a
Width of upper bout: 22.7 cm (8 15/16 inches)
Width of lower bout: 28.8 cm (11 11/32 inches)
Width of waist: 18.3 cm (7 7/32 inches)
Body depth at neck: 8.7 cm (3 13/32 inches)
Body depth at bottom: 9.3 cm (3 11/16 inches)
Published References“Gallery I Dedicated October 9, ” Shrine to Music Museum, Inc. Newsletter Vol. 9, No. 2, (January 1982), page 4.
Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society, February 1986, page 16.
Credit LineGift of Arne B. Larson, 1981
Object number02816
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