Richael Folk Fiddle
date: label: date made
content: 1932-1933
name: label: maker
content: Richael, Claude L.
notes: label: Description
content: This folk fiddle was made by Claude L. Richael of Grove City, Pennsylvania around 1930. It is unusual in that the corner blocks are glued to the outside of the ribs to form a traditional violin outline. Richael, in a letter from 1932, claimed that although he could “make more improvement in the outward appearance of the instrument,” the violin “is perfect in tonal properties from the first.” This violin is made of a two-piece table of pine, back and ribs of hardwood, maple neck, pegbox and scroll, stained mahogany fingerboard, and a heavy opaque reddish-brown varnish.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Grove City
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Violins
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Claude L. Richael
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.364772
label: accession number
content: 122570
label: catalog number
content: 364772
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fiddle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pine (table material)
label: Physical Description
content: hardwood (back material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 3/8 in x 7 13/16 in x 3 1/4 in; 59.3725 cm x 19.84375 cm x 8.255 cm