Alletsee English Violet
date: label: date made
content: 1730
name: label: maker
content: Alletsee, Paulus
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This English Violet was made by Paulus Alletsee in Munich, Germany, in 1730. It has a one-piece top of medium grain spruce to the left that graduates to a fine grain to the right, two-piece back of knotted maple, ribs are of similar wood, the head, pegbox and neck are of one piece of maple, with a gold- brown varnish. The pegbox is ornamented with a blindfolded angel. This instrument has a maker’s and two restorer’s labels:</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Paulus Alletsee<br>Hof Lauten und Geigen<br>macher in Munchen 1730</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Reparirt<br>Georg Tiefenbrunner<br>in Munchen 1853</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>Repaired by<br>GEORGE KELISCHEK<br>October<br>Workshop for Historical Instruments 1963</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This instrument was originally a 15-string instrument with 7 melody and 8 sympathetic strings. It is now set up with 7 melody and 7 sympathetic strings.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Bavaria, Munich
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lex K. Larson in memory of Arthur Larson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0036.03
label: accession number
content: 1994.0036
label: catalog number
content: 1994.0036.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: english violet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: spruce (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 in x 10 3/8 in x 5 1/4 in; 86.36 cm x 26.3525 cm x 13.335 cm