Slingerland Songster Electric Guitar
date: label: Date made
content: 1939
name: label: maker
content: Slingerland Musical Instrument Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: This electric guitar was made by the Slingerland Musical Instrument Manufacturing Company in Chicago, Illinois, around 1936–39. It pre-dates the experimental "log" guitar of Les Paul from 1940 and is one of the earliest commercially marketed solid body, Spanish neck electric guitars. Slingerland ceased making electric instruments in 1940, changing exclusively to production of percussion instruments. This electric guitar is a Songster Spanish style and serial #114. In a late 1930s Slingerland catalog, this electric guitar, case and amplifier sold for $150.00
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States
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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
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content: Artifact Walls exhibit
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Robert J. Kent
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0063.01
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0063.01
label: accession number
content: 1997.0063
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 93 cm x 30 cm x 5 cm; 36 5/8 in x 11 13/16 in x 1 31/32 in