Mandolin-banjo
Maker
H. Hammond
Repaired by
Charles von Berg
Date1909
Place MadeSioux City, Iowa, United States, North America
Modelnone
Serial No.616
SignedOn peghead: H. HAMMOND / manufacturer and repairer of / MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS / 1909 AD / WORK GUARANTEED SIOUX CITY, IOWAMarkingsOn inside body attached to underside of belly: Restored by Chad. V"n Berg / Importer of Harps & Fine Violins / 1909 Le Mars, Iowa
DescriptionPlucked chordophone with a banjo body and a mandolin neck, peghead and 4 courses of strings.
Decoration: mother-of-pearl inlaid fret markers; plastic pickguard
Materials:
Top: spruce
Back: none
Tone rim: maple inside, metal outside
Rim fasteners: none
Neck: mahogany
Peghead: mahogany
Frets: nickel silver
Tailpiece: nickel-plated metal
Fingerboard: rosewood
Bridge: rosewood
Saddle: white plastic
Nut: white plastic
Heel cap: none
Tuning machines: metal
Tuner heads: white plastic
DimensionsTotal instrument length: 68 cm (26 ¾”)
Fingerboard length: 21.3 cm (8 3/8”)
Nut to bridge: 33.5 cm (13 3/16”)
Nut to neck and body joint: 14.4 cm (5 21/32”)
Belly width/diameter: 28.2 cm (11 3/32”)
Fingerboard width at nut: 2.8 cm (1 3/32”)
Fingerboard width at body joint: 3.7 cm (1 7/16”)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesJoseph 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 number02959
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