Prescott 3/4-size Violoncello
date: label: date made
content: 1820-1840
name: label: maker
content: Prescott, Abraham
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This 3/4-size Violoncello was made by Abraham Prescott in Concord, New Hampshire, around 1820-1840.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Abraham Prescott (1789-1858) was one of the most prolific of the bass viol makers. A self-taught instrument maker, he began his craft in Deerfield, New Hampshire, in 1809 and moved his business to Concord in 1831, where he continued to make violoncellos, bass viols, and double basses (and later reed organs and pianos) until about 1850. Prescott instruments are often fitted with machine-head tuning gears instead of more usual pegs.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Hampshire, Concord
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Cellos
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Jean and Michael Becker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0005.01
label: accession number
content: 1992.0005
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0005.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cello
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 3/4 in x 15 13/16 in x 45 3/4 in; 19.685 cm x 40.16375 cm x 116.205 cm