Schramm Folk Fiddle
- Description (Brief)
- This folk fiddle was made by George Schramm around 1850. A true homemade instrument, it is a “Cigar-Box Violin” of trapezoidal outline with small center bouts and crude f-holes. The table and back are flat and bear pastiche-filled channels in imitation of purfling. The pegbox and closed scroll are similarly fanciful in execution. The instrument is accompanied by a cardboard, paper-lined case. This violin is made of a two-piece table of pine, back of plain American sycamore in one piece, ribs of similar sycamore, plain maple neck, elongated pegbox and compact, deeply cut scroll with one volute, and a thick opaque reddish-brown varnish.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- 1850-1875
- maker
- Schramm, George
- Place Made
- United States
- Physical Description
- pine (table material)
- sycamore (back material)
- maple (neck material)
- Measurements
- overall: 25 in x 7 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 63.5 cm x 19.685 cm x 5.715 cm
- ID Number
- 1981.0530.07
- accession number
- 1981.0530
- catalog number
- 1981.0530.07
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Violins
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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