Hall & Son Guitar
Hall & Son Guitar
- Description
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This guitar was made for William Hall & Son in New York around 1848-1875. It is a six course (6x1) guitar with a spruce top, rosewood back, mahogany veneered birch sides, and a machine head. William Hall formed a number of partnerships in New York from 1821 to 1874, including Firth & Hall; Firth, Hall & Pond; and William Hall & Son. This guitar bears the stamp:
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“WILLIAM HALL & SON
239 BROADWAY
NEW-YORK 2432. -
Hall & Son published and sold sheet music and manufactured and sold pianos, organs, guitars, and woodwind instruments. It is believed that guitars and banjos sold by Hall & Son were made by James Ashborn in Connecticut.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- guitar
- Date made
- 1848-1875
- maker
- William Hall & Son
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- Measurements
- overall: 35 3/4 in x 11 3/8 in x 4 in; 90.805 cm x 28.8925 cm x 10.16 cm
- ID Number
- MI.78.02
- accession number
- 1978.0845
- catalog number
- 78.02
- Credit Line
- Gift of Edith M. Lawall
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Guitars
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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