Preston English Guitar
date: label: Date made
content: 1775 - 1799
name: label: maker
content: Preston, John
notes: label: Description
content: This guitar was made by John Preston of London, England around 1775-1799. It is a six course (4x2, 2x1) English guitar with a spruce top and figured maple back and sides. There is a decorative inlay cover over the soundhole and at the top of the pegbox. The guitar has a watch-key tuning device which was better suited to the guitar’s short metal strings. English guitars received great popularity with amateur musicians in Great Britain from about 1750 to 1810.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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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 Mary E. Maxwell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.381920
label: accession number
content: 160028
label: catalog number
content: 381920
objectType: label: Object Name
content: english guitar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: spruce (top material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple (back, sides, neck material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (strings material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 1/8 in x 11 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in; 68.8975 cm x 29.21 cm x 9.525 cm