Vinaccia Guitar
date: label: date made
content: 1779
name: label: maker
content: Vinaccia, Gaetano
notes: label: Description
content: This guitar was made by Gaetano Vinaccia of Naples, Italy in 1779. The Vinaccia family were violin and mandolin makers in Naples from the mid-18th century to the late 19th. Later generations, including Gaetano Vinaccia, made mostly mandolins and guitars. This is a six course (6x1) pear-shaped guitar with a cypress back and sides. The label inside the guitar reads: “Gajetanus Vinaccia [/] Fecit Neapoli Strada Rua Catalana [/] Num. 85 Anno 1779.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy: Campania, Naples
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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.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.095263
label: accession number
content: 26256
label: catalog number
content: 95263
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (body material)
label: Physical Description
content: mother of pearl (inlay material)
label: Physical Description
content: shell, tortoise (finger board material)
label: Physical Description
content: gut (strings material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 1/4 in x 12 5/8 in x 4 in; 92.075 cm x 32.0675 cm x 10.16 cm