Peresson Viola
date: label: date made
content: 1986
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This viola was made by Sergio Peresson in Haddonfield, New Jersey, in 1986. There is an original label inside the instrument:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Sergio Peresson di Udine<br> Fece Anno 19<i>86</i><br> Haddonfield [handwritten] [Sergio Peresson signature]</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>“86” is handwritten]</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>(stamped in the middle of inside back):</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>S.PERESSON</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Sergio Peresson (1913–1991) was an Italian-American violin maker. Born in Udine, Peresson began making violins in Italy in 1943. Four years later, Peresson moved to Caracas, Venezuela, where he made new instruments and was repairer to the Venezuelan Symphony Orchestra. In the early 1960s he moved to Philadelphia and worked for the firm of William Moennig & Son from 1963-1971. In 1971 Peresson moved to the suburb of Haddenfield, New Jersey and continued to make instruments until his death in 1991.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Haddonfield
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Evelyn and Herbert R. Axelrod
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.3026.02
label: nonaccession number
content: 2002.3026
label: catalog number
content: 2002.3026.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: viola
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 43.4 cm; 17 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 3/4 in x 9 5/8 in x 4 1/2 in; 70.485 cm x 24.4475 cm x 11.43 cm