Hammell Practice Violin
date: label: Date made
content: 1904
name: label: maker
content: Hammel, R. J.
notes: label: Description
content: This practice violin was made by R.J. Hammel of Maquoketa, Iowa in 1904. It was designed as a teaching tool of normal violin length. The narrow solid body widening at the lower bout is attached to a commercial German neck, pegbox and scroll. R. J. Hammel in a letter of 1913 describes the instrument as a “Practice Violin . . . to assist in the correct technic of the left hand used mostly without the bow altho the bow can be used as there is enough tone produced to ascertain pitch . . .” This practice vioin is made of a narrow body of solid walnut, neck, pegbox and scroll of plain European maple, and a golden yellow varnish.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Iowa, Maquoketa
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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: Professor R. J. Hammel
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.280752
label: catalog number
content: 280752
label: accession number
content: 56003
objectType: label: Object Name
content: violin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: walnut (body material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 7/8 in x 7 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; 60.6425 cm x 19.05 cm x 8.255 cm