German Violin

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Description:

This violin was made in Markneukirchen, Germany around 1875-1899. It is of commercial manufacture and is made of a table of spruce in two pieces, back of maple in one piece with even medium figure, ribs of complementary maple, plain maple neck, pegbox and scroll, and an opaque reddish-brown varnish

Date Made: 1875 - 1899

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Germany: Saxony, Markneukirchen

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Credit Line: Gift of Reverend F. Gardiner, Jr.

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MI.094873Catalog Number: 94873Accession Number: 22998

Object Name: violin

Physical Description: spruce (table material)maple (back material)Measurements: overall: 14 1/2 in x 8 in x 2 1/2 in; 36.83 cm x 20.32 cm x 6.35 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-75ec-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_605531

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