Chet Atkin’s Haile Guitar
date: label: date made
content: 1972
name: label: user
content: Atkins, Chet
label: maker
content: Haile, Hascal B.
notes: label: Description
content: Hascal Haile of Tompkinsville, Kentucky made this guitar in 1972. Hascal "Hack" Haile (1906-1986) began making guitars professionally after retiring from furniture making in the late 1960s. He made guitars for many classical and country musicians and was considered to be among the world’s top makers of custom guitars. This six course (6x1) guitar has a top of Spanish pine, back and sides of Spanish cypress, and a maple neck. The guitar’s edge and soundhole is inlaid with abalone and ebony. Country musician, Chet Atkins previously owned and played this guitar and owned several Haile guitars throughout his career.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Kentucky, Tompkinsville
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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 Hascal Haile
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0681.01
label: accession number
content: 1980.0681
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0681.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 41 in x 14 5/8 in x 4 1/4 in; 104.14 cm x 37.1475 cm x 10.795 cm