Hardanger Fiddle
date: label: date made
content: 1885
name: label: maker
content: Heldahl, Anders
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This hardanger fiddle was made by Anders Heldahl in Bergen, Norway, in 1885. It is made of a two-piece table of cedar, two-piece back of plain birch, ribs of similar birch, birch neck terminated in painted pegbox and closed scroll with two volutes, table, back and pegbox ornamented with ink representation of edge inlay and purfling,and transparent brown varnish. There is an original handwritten label inside the instrument:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>A. Heldahl<br> violinmager<br>d Bergen 1885</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This hardanger fiddle has modest ornamentation and a pegbox terminating in a scroll rather than a carved figure. This instrument with four bowed and four sympathetic strings is in an excellent state of preservation, with the original neck, tailpiece, bridge, pegs and interior body features intact. The veneered fingerboard and tailpiece are decorated en suite.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Anders A. Heldahl was born in 1811 in Hosanger and went to Bergen at the age of 15. Trained there as a violin maker, he was among the most productive makers in the western region of Norway, remaining in Bergen until his death in 1897. His hardanger fiddles have modest ornamentation and bear a pegbox terminating in a scroll rather than a carved figure.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Norway: Hordaland, Bergen
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. J. Crosby Brown
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.095912
label: accession number
content: 29793
label: catalog number
content: 95912
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hardanger fiddle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cedar (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: birch (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 5/8 in x 7 1/2 in x 3 3/8 in; 57.4675 cm x 19.05 cm x 8.5725 cm