American Folk Fiddle
date: label: Date made
content: 1840-1860
notes: label: Description
content: This violin was made in the United States around 1840-1860 by an unknown maker. It is made with ribs set into channeling of the table and back without corner blocks or linings. The fingerboard is of maple, stained black, with a paper finger position chart showing notes from a-flat to d'''-sharp glued to the fingerboard. The violin has a case that is a rectangular, compartmented box of unfinished pine, nailed together. It has a hinged top, and is lined with machine-printed wallpaper. The date for this violin is based on the historical period when this type of paper was popularly used in the United States. This violin is made from a one-piece table of pine with exaggerated “S” sound-holes, back of similar pine, cut on the slab, ribs of plain maple, maple neck, pegbox and crude scroll, and is stained a reddish-brown color.
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: Violins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0864.01
label: accession number
content: 1981.0864
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0864.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fiddle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pine (back material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 in x 8 1/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 58.42 cm x 20.6375 cm x 6.985 cm