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7-string guitar
Alternate name:Russian guitar
Distributor: Kulakov
Date: 1880-1890 ca.
Place Made:Markneukirchen, Upper Saxony, Germany
Place Distributed:Russia, Asia
Model: Russian
Serial No: none
SignedLabel in Russian, translation of label: The Trading House of Musical Instruments / Founded in 1879 by [merchant] Kulakov
A second label has been removed from the inside center brace-only a bit of paper remains.
A second label has been removed from the inside center brace-only a bit of paper remains.
Markingsnone
Description7 string guitar (tuned D G B d g b d'). Ornately decorated on the front with inlaid mother-of-pearl around the border and abalone inlaid in 3 octagonal "rings" around the soundhole. The latter area alternates the abalone with borders of alternating dark and light wood. There is also inlaid M-O-P at the top front of the open peghead; in 3 places on the fingerboard; and on the "eyes" over the string holders at the bridge. A tripartite strip of colored woods goes down the center of the back. There are 18 frets. The bridge has 2 "moustache" extension. screw in neck to shoulder joint, presumably to help adjust neck. Rosewood back and sides. Spruce top. Bone peg-heads.
ProvenanceBrought from Russia to the U. S. by Oleg T. Timofeyev.
Credit Line: Purchase funds gift of Marifran Wohlenberg, in memory of her husband, Donald F. Wohlenberg, 1997
Not on view
Object number: 06056