Tiple
notes: label: Description
content: The tiple is the one of the smallest Puerto Rican string instruments. Most of the rich regional variation in shape, number of strings, and tuning was nearly lost in the 20th century due to the popularity of the cuatro among Puerto Rican musicians and the standardization of the five-string tiple. This tiple was originally fitted with three strings and features a violin-inspired shape similar to the cuatro. More unusually, it also has a violin-style peghead with a scroll and bone tuning pegs. This instrument is part of the Teodoro Vidal Collection, which features two other tiples (1997.0097.1078 and 1997.0097.1081).
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Los tiples son los instrumento de cuerda puertorriqueños más pequeños. Durante el siglo XX, la popularidad del cuatro entre músicos puertorriqueños y la estandarización del tiple de cinco cuerdas causó la pérdida de gran parte de la rica variedad regional de forma, número de cuerdas y afinación. Este tiple originalmente tenía tres cuerdas y muestra una forma de violín similar a la del cuatro. Más inusual es el clavijero con clavijas de hueso también tallado al estilo de un violín. Este instrumento es parte de la Colección Teodoro Vidal, la cual incluye dos otros tiples (1997.0097.1078 y 1997.0097.1081)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico: Puerto Rican
label: Associated Place
content: Puerto Rico
topic: label: web subject
content: Music
label: general subject association
content: Folk music
label: general subject association
content: Puerto Rican music
label: general subject association
content: Música jíbara
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Vidal
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0097.1076
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tiple
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: shell (part: inlays material)
label: Physical Description
content: bone (part: tuning pegs material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (part: frets material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 54 cm x 13 cm x 5.5 cm; 21 1/4 in x 5 1/8 in x 2 5/32 in