Stromberg Guitar, used by Irving Ashby
date: label: date made
content: 1939 - 1941
name: label: user
content: Ashby, Irving
label: maker
content: Charles A. Stromberg and Son
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This guitar was made by Charles A. Stromberg and Son of Boston, Massachusetts around 1939-1941. Responding to requests from jazz guitarist for an instrument that could cut through and be heard over the horn section of jazz bands, Elmer Stromberg developed his giant, 19-inch wide Master 400 model. It is one of the loudest acoustic guitars ever made. Elmer Stromberg made about 600 guitars with his father, Charles, a Swedish immigrant. </p>
label: Description
content: <p>Charles and Elmer Stromberg’s shop was a popular hang-out for local guitarists who would break in new instruments before they were sold to customers. One such local was Irving Ashby, a Boston native who went on to play with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra and the Nat King Cole Trio. This six course (6x1) guitar, Master 400 model, and serial #507, was custom made for American jazz guitarist, Irving Ashby (1920-1987).</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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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
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content: Jazz
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Pauline Randolph Ashby
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0421.01
label: accession number
content: 1988.0421
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0421.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 43 1/4 in x 19 in x 4 1/2 in; 109.855 cm x 48.26 cm x 11.43 cm