Lenhard Violin Patent Model
date: label: Date made
content: 1869
name: label: maker
content: Lenhard, Jacob
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This violin is a patent model that was made by Jacob Lenhard of New York, New York in 1869. The violin received U.S. patent number 91,029 on June 8, 1869. The patent relates to improving the manner of securing the bridge to a violin. The bridge is supported at one end by the soundpost, which is brought directly under the end of the bridge while the other end of the bridge stands on the sounding board. The sounding board can thus vibrate up and down without being strained by the bridge, resulting in great volume and sound.
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.091029
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: 091029
objectType: label: Object Name
content: violin