Gütter & Sons Guitar
date: label: Date made
content: 1800 - 1850
name: label: maker
content: H. F. Gutter & Sons
notes: label: Description
content: This guitar was made by H.F. Gütter & Sons of Markneukirchen, Germany around 1800-1850. It is a six course (6x1) guitar with a spruce top and maple back and sides. Markneukirchen was the center of the Vogtland, Germany music industry for the export of musical instruments to the United States in the late 19th century – early 20th. The guitar bears the label: “H.F. Gütter & Söhne [/] in Neukirchen im Voigtland [/] a Sachsan.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Saxony, Markneukirchen
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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 Mrs. J. Ryan Devereux
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.312916
label: accession number
content: 64657
label: catalog number
content: 312916
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: spruce (top material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple (back; sides material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 87.63 cm x 29.21 cm x 8.89 cm