Reproduction Patent Violin
date: label: Date made
content: 1901 - 1902
name: label: maker
content: Luscombe, Charles R.
notes: label: Description
content: This violin was made by Charles R. Luscombe of Washington, D.C. about 1902. It was constructed in the Smithsonian as a copy of the S. J. Talbott patent “fiddle,” catalog #231114. This model has individual bridges for each of 16 strings and a tapered cylindrical body stained reddish-brown with orange-yellow flat back.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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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: MI.215475
label: catalog number
content: 215475
label: accession number
content: 39749
label: catalog number
content: 215,475
objectType: label: Object Name
content: violin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, pine (body material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (strings material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood, hickory (foot material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 in x 5 1/2 in x 3 1/8 in; 58.42 cm x 13.97 cm x 7.9375 cm
label: Measurements
content: body: 18 1/2 in; 46.99 cm