Gibson Kalamazoo Arch-top Guitar
date: label: Date made
content: 1940
name: label: maker
content: Gibson Co.
notes: label: Description
content: This guitar was made by Gibson, Inc. in Kalamazoo, Michigan around 1940. The “Kalamazoo” brand of musical instruments including guitars, banjos, mandolins and violins were made from 1934 to 1942. Gibson made a small number of “Kalamazoo” instruments in the 1950s and a decade later, reintroduced the brand with a series of electric guitars and basses, and amplifiers. This six course (6x1) guitar is stamped “FW-566” and has an arched spruce top, maple back and sides, elevated celluloid pickguard, metal tailpiece, and a domed peg head with a pointed top.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Kalamazoo
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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 Adam Gallan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0547.01
label: accession number
content: 1992.0547
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0547.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 42 1/8 in x 16 in x 4 1/4 in; 106.9975 cm x 40.64 cm x 10.795 cm