Zogbaum & Fairchild Guitar
date: label: Date made
content: 1865-1875
name: label: maker
content: Zogbaum & Fairchild
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This guitar was made by Zogbaum & Fairchild of New York, New York around 1865-1875. This is a six course (6x1) guitar with a spruce top, rosewood back and sides, and a mahogany neck with machine head. It bears a medallion:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Wm. B. TILTONS<br>IMPROVEMENT,<br>NEW YORK<br>Patented MARCH 4, 1856<br>ZOGBAUM & FAIRCHILD<br>NEW YORK.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>William Tilton, inventor and musical instrument maker, began manufacturing instruments in New York in 1853. Tilton made new guitars and retrofitted other guitars with his improvements including his two guitar patents (U.S. Patent #10380, January 3, 1854, and U.S. Patent #14378, March 4, 1856). Around 1865, Zogbaum & Fairchild acquired the rights to manufacture guitars using Tilton’s improvements.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Ferdinand Zogbaum and Rufus Fairchild established their manufacturing and importing company in Charleston, South Carolina in 1845. By 1853, Zogbaum & Fairchild had relocated to No. 10 Maiden Lane in New York City.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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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 Doris L. Low
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.73.28
label: accession number
content: 302691
label: catalog number
content: 73.28
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 1/4 in x 11 3/4 in x 4 in; 92.075 cm x 29.845 cm x 10.16 cm