Lyon & Healy Guitar
date: label: Date made
content: 1895-1925
name: label: maker
content: Lyon & Healy
notes: label: Description
content: This guitar was made by Lyon & Healy of Chicago, Illinois around 1897-1925. The company was founded in 1864 by George Washburn Lyon and Patrick Joseph Healy as a music publications shop for the Boston company of Oliver Ditson. Lyon & Healy quickly expanded as a retail distributor for musical instruments. The company also made musical instruments but is best known as a manufacturer of harps. As depicted in an 1898-99 Lyon & Healy catalog, this ”Lakeside” model guitar, item number 49-3/4, has and oak back and sides, 16th century finish, hand polished, cherry finish neck, top and back inlay with white celluloid and colored wood edge, colored wood inlay around sound hole, ebony fingerboard with pearl position dots, and a metal tailpiece. This guitar sold for $18.75.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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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 Adam Gallan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0055.06
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0055.06
label: accession number
content: 1987.0055
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: oak (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cherry (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ebony (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: spruce (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 37 7/8 in x 13 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 96.2025 cm x 34.29 cm x 11.43 cm