American Guitar
date: label: Date made
content: 1854
notes: label: Description
content: This guitar was made by an unknown maker in the United States in 1854. It is a six course (6x1) guitar with a spruce top and rosewood back and sides. This guitar was submitted for patent by William B. Tilton in 1854. The patent is for a device which is attached at the foot of the guitar to stretch the strings for improved sound production (U.S. Patent #10380).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.330804
label: accession number
content: 88881
label: catalog number
content: 330804
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 in x 11 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in; 91.44 cm x 29.21 cm x 10.795 cm