German Violin
date: label: Date made
content: 1898-1902
notes: label: Description
content: This violin was made in Klingenthal, Germany around 1900. It is an inexpensive commercial instrument built without corner blocks and linings. The neck and top block are of beech in one piece. The violin was used as a shop-sign by the previous owner, which accounts for the weathered condition of the varnish and poor state of preservation of the instrument overall. This violin is made of a two-piece table of spruce, one-piece back of plain beech, cut on the slab, ribs of similar beech cut on 45°, beech neck, pegbox and scroll, and semi-opaque reddish-brown varnish.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Germany: Saxony, Klingenthal
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Violins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0530.08
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0530.08
label: accession number
content: 1981.0530
objectType: label: Object Name
content: violin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: spruce (table material)
label: Physical Description
content: beech (back material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 3/4 in x 8 in x 2 1/8 in; 60.325 cm x 20.32 cm x 5.3975 cm