Albert "Concert" Violin
Albert "Concert" Violin
- Description (Brief)
- This violin was made by John Albert in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1876. Albert, born in Freiburg, Germany, was a lawyer and an amateur violin maker who immigrated to America in 1848. He settled in Philadelphia and quickly established an excellent reputation as a violin maker. This Albert "Concert Violin" was a prize-winning entry at the 1876 Centennial Exposition. John Albert died in 1887 after a long collaboration with his son, E. J. Albert. This violin is made of a two-piece table of spruce, back of North American maple cut on the slab with strong, irregular, horizontal figure, ribs of similar North American maple, mildly figured maple neck, pegbox and scroll, and a semi-transparent reddish-brown varnish.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- violin
- date made
- 1876
- maker
- Albert, John
- Place Made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Physical Description
- spruce (table material)
- maple (back material)
- Measurements
- overall: 23 3/4 in x 8 in x 3 1/2 in; 60.325 cm x 20.32 cm x 8.89 cm
- ID Number
- 1981.0781.01
- accession number
- 1981.0781
- catalog number
- 1981.0781.01
- Credit Line
- Gift of Frances F. Wilkins
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Violins
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Comments
"Is there anyway to distinguish between a John Albert violin and those of his sons? Thank you, Samantha "
Samantha Storm
Mon, 2016-01-25 02:10
David Eric Kane
Thu, 2018-03-22 09:58