Meisel Violin
date: label: date made
content: ca 1992
name: label: maker
content: Meisel, Kurt Lothar
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This violin is made by K. Lothar Meisel in Owatonna, Minnesota in 1992. The violin has a one-piece back made from European mountain maple with an intense curl of medium width slanting downward from left to right. The ribs and scroll are made from similar European maple. The two-piece table is made from quarter-cut spruce with pronounced grain of medium to wide width. The reddish gold-brown varnish is lightly shaded. The violin is missing its bridge and strings.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Minnesota, Owatonna
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Stephen L. Meisel
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0264.01
label: accession number
content: 1997.0264
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0264.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: violin
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 5/8 in x 8 in x 3 3/4 in; 65.0875 cm x 20.32 cm x 9.525 cm