Scandinavian Violin
date: label: Date made
content: 1845-1855
label: Date made
content: 1869
notes: label: Description
content: This violin was made by an unknown Scandinavian maker around 1869. There is a handwritten pencil inscription on the back that reads: “Joh. Traxler(t). 1869.” Having never been opened since it was built, this violin provides an opportunity to study one maker’s intentions and techniques. The violin is made of a two-piece table of spruce cut on the quarter, a back of slab maple in one piece with mild, horizontal figure, ribs of similar maple, plain beech wood neck, pegbox and scroll, and a stained pear wood fingerboard.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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 Jean E. and Michael D. Becker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0654.01
label: accession number
content: 1989.0654
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0654.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: violin
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 in x 7 7/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 60.96 cm x 20.0025 cm x 8.255 cm