Sarraillac Guitar
date: label: date made
content: 1652
name: label: maker
content: Saraillac, Francois
notes: label: Description
content: This guitar was made by François Sarraillac of Lyon, France in 1652. The guitar was originally a five course (5x2) before being converted to a six course (6x1) guitar. This guitar has a spruce top, rounded yew wood back with ebony spacers, ebony sides, and ebony and ivory veneered neck in a checkerboard pattern. It bears the handwritten label: “a lion [illegible] [/] françois sarraillac [/] 1652.” This guitar is subject to further study.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Lyon
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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: Made available through the Cooper Union Museum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.60.1370
label: accession number
content: 227687
label: catalog number
content: 60.1370
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 1/4 in x 9 5/8 in x 4 1/2 in; 92.075 cm x 24.4475 cm x 11.43 cm