Maccaferri G40 Guitar
date: label: date made
content: 1954
name: label: maker
content: Maccaferri, Mario
notes: label: Description
content: This guitar was designed by Mario Maccaferri and made by the French American Reeds Manufacturing Company of Mount Vernon, New York in 1954. Maccaferri (1900-1993) was born in Cento, Italy and at the age of eleven became an apprentice to guitarist and luthier Luigi Mozzani. After an early career as a guitarist and instrument maker in Europe, Maccaferri immigrated to the United States in 1939. Mario Maccaferri developed a variety of plastic instruments including plastic woodwind reeds and a plastic ukulele. This six course (6x1) guitar, model G-40, was made of Dow Styron plastic. As indicated in the original brochure accompanying this guitar, it sold for $39.95.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Mount Vernon
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Guitars
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Maria Maccaferri
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0136.01
label: accession number
content: 1994.0136
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0136.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 38 in x 13 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in; 96.52 cm x 33.655 cm x 11.43 cm