French Guitar
date: label: Date made
content: 1835-1865
notes: label: Description
content: This guitar was made by an unknown maker in France around 1835-1865. It is a six course (6x1) guitar with spruce top, veneered bird's-eye maple back and sides, painted back of a fortune-telling scene, machine head, and a very unusual bridge comprised of individual adjustable metal screws.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Le Clair Gaillard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.326752
label: accession number
content: 71810
label: catalog number
content: 326752
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 1/4 in x 12 1/8 in x 4 in; 92.075 cm x 30.7975 cm x 10.16 cm