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Maker: Regal Musical Instrument Company
Date: 1930-1940 ca.
Place Made:Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America
Serial No: none
SignedLight blue silkscreen label on peghead with text centered around a crown: TRADE MARK / Regal / MADE IN CHICAGO
MarkingsMetal badge inside case bearing the makers name: GEIB / CHICAGO
Inside top lid of case handwritten on cloth tape: ARDEN / AHNBERG
DescriptionTop: slab-cut birch
Back: slab-cut birch
Sides: slab-cut birch
Neck and head: birch
Bridge: medium brown hardwood with white plastic saddle
Tailpiece: Nickel-plated
Tuners: brass with black heads
Nut: nickel-plated metal
Fingerboard: dark brown hardwood with 18 brass frets and stenciled ivory painted numbers

DimensionsTotal instrument length: 945 mm (37-7/32 inches)
Fingerboard length: 408 mm (16-1/16 inches)
Vibrating string length: 611 mm (24-1/32 inches)
Nut to neck and body joint: 307 mm (12-3/32 inches)
Fingerboard width at nut: 45 mm (1-25/32 inches)
Fingerboard width at body joint: 54 mm (2-1/8 inches)
Width of upper bout: 228 mm (8-31/32 inches)
Width of lower bout: 333 mm (13-1/8 inches)
Width of waist: 190 mm (7-15/32 inches)
Body depth at neck: 80 mm (3-5/32 inches)
Body depth at bottom: 100 mm (3-15/16 inches)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Object number: 03468