Treble Guitar
notes: label: Description
content: This treble guitar was made by an unknown maker in the late 19th to early 20th century. It is a four course (4x2) treble guitar with a spruce top and simulated painted softwood back and sides. The fingerboard is black painted wood with brass fretwire. The tuning pegs are open metal machines in straps of four, Spanish style.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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 Mary E. Maxwell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.380458
label: catalog number
content: 380458
label: accession number
content: 153000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
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content: spruce (top material)
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content: softwood, stainded (back; sides material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple; brass (bridge material)
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content: bone? (nut material)
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content: brass (frets material)
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content: metal (tuning pegs material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 1/4 in x 9 1/2 in x 3 in; 66.675 cm x 24.13 cm x 7.62 cm