Hyde Violin
date: label: date made
content: 1893
name: label: maker
content: Hyde, Andrew
notes: label: Description
content: This violin was made by Andrew Hyde in Northhampton, Massachusetts in 1893. Born in 1842, Andrew Hyde trained as a mechanic and later became interested in the violin. In 1886 he moved to Northampton, Massachusetts and established himself as a professional maker. Hyde produced more than 1,200 violins, violas and cellos and developed a style of imitating wear and age in his varnish and finishing details. He died in 1923 at the age of 81. This violin is made of a two-piece table of spruce, maple back in two pieces cut on 45o with irregular broad descending figure, ribs of similar maple cut on the slab, moderately figured maple neck, pegbox and scroll, and orange-red varnish.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Northampton
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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 Laurence C. Witten II
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0647.02
label: accession number
content: 1979.0647
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0647.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: violin
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 5/8 in x 8 1/2 in x 3 3/8 in; 60.0075 cm x 21.59 cm x 8.5725 cm